When it comes to tool making, the birds learn differently than humans.

As the years go by, seabirds such as gannets get better at foraging.  

Ecological challenges such as finding food and creating fire may have led the organ to become abnormally large, a new computer model suggests.

Moderate ultraviolet light exposure boosts the brainpower of mice thanks to increased production of the neurotransmitter glutamate.  

Researchers identified thousands of immature neurons in the brain region, countering a recent result showing little, if any, signs of neurogenesis.

Failure to produce evidence of neural precursor cells and immature neurons raises questions about the role of the process in learning and memory.

Researchers map learning-induced chromatin alterations in mouse brain cells, and find that many affect autism-associated genes.

Upping a gene’s expression in rat brains made them better learners and normalized the activity of hundreds of other genes to resemble the brains of younger animals.

A set of neurons in the brain’s central amygdala plays a key role in forming memories of aversive experiences, scientists find in mice.