In this way, context acts as the grammar of human memory. What we found is that the locus coeruleus is most active at event boundaries when memories become separated. Thus, this small region at the ...

Facial expression control starts in a very old part of the nervous system. In the brain stem sits the facial nucleus, which contains the motoneurons that directly control facial muscles.

A study tracking thousands of neurons shows how the brain separates memory content from context to support flexible recall.

Consciousness researchers studying “islands of awareness” have found that disconnected brains likely sink into a strange form ...