Researchers have successfully isolated and recorded the activity of a subset of neurons in the striatum in the brain, shedding light on one mechanism underlying learning and decision making in animals ...

Most neuroscience studies investigating motor skills are carried out on rodents. In these experiments, rodents are typically tested on simple motor tasks that they can easily complete using motor ...

If you thought Parkinson's disease is simply a motor disorder, think again. In recent years, researchers have increasingly realized that the disease has a cognitive component as well. Research ...

We also calculated the coefficient of variation across syllables for each feature to indicate the overall scatter for each feature in a comparable metric. The average coefficient of variation (across ...

A pleasant surprise or a nasty shock is likely to be a memorable experience. For instance, if you touch a hot oven, you very quickly learn not to do it again. Learning by trial and error, which can ...

A pleasant surprise or a nasty shock is likely to be a memorable experience. For instance, if you touch a hot oven, you very quickly learn not to do it again. Learning by trial-and-error, which can ...