Searching for the neural code: Learning how mice escape from cats will also teach us how a storm of electrical pulses crossing the brain is translated into information.
Making memories last: Some moments turn into lasting memories, while others simply fade away. The cause may lie in the same processes that initially shape our brain.
The code of memory: Researchers are approaching the discovery of the rules that the brain follows to store memories. Deciphering the mnemonic code could lead to advancements such as designing smarter computers and robots, and even new methods to explore the human mind.
Stimulating the brain: Activating brain circuits with varying magnetic fields can help alleviate depression, enhance cognitive functions, and even combat fatigue.
Reading the mind: Brain imaging computational machines may be able to recognize basic thoughts and distinguish events from imagination.
Why do we sleep?: The reasons why we sleep are gradually becoming less mysterious.
The other half of the brain: More and more evidence suggests that glial cells, neglected for over half a century, may play as vital a role in thinking and learning as neurons do.