Episodic memory provides the continuous narrative of our lives from the past to the present. When memory begins to fail, the very fabric of our existence unravels. Disorders of memory, including ...

Differences in brain shape between a present-day human (left, in blue) and a Neanderthal from La Chapelle-aux-Saints (right, in red). Source: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology/Simon ...

Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, perception, memory, language, and thought have been mapped onto distinct brain ...