Daphna Shohamy, PhD, and her team test whether teens' drive for rewards, and the risk-taking that comes from it, exist for a reason.
Daphna Shohamy, PhD, found that teens are great at learning because of the nifty way their brains thread together memory-formation processes.
Impulsivity in teens may serve a noble (and necessary) cognitive purpose, according to research from Daphna Shohamy, PhD.
A study led by Elizabeth Hillman, PhD, provides novel understanding of how brains grow in response to environments.
In infants, blood flow scans used for brain imaging may not reveal nerve activity, a study led by Elizabeth Hillman, PhD, suggests.
Attila Losonczy, MD, PhD, explains why the brain must generate new cells in order to capture memories.
