When we listen to a moving piece of music or feel the gentle pulse of a haptic vibration, our bodies react before we ...

Scientists are decoding how cells communicate and collectively respond to chemical stimuli in the extracellular environment, knowledge that's critical to understanding physiological processes and ...

A team of engineers and neuroscientists has demonstrated for the first time that human brain organoids implanted in mice have established functional connectivity to the animals' cortex and responded ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Imagine a material that doesn’t just respond to one stimulus, like heat or light, but can sense multiple environmental triggers and adjust its behavior accordingly. Picture this ...

Researchers analysed mice's D1 and D2 neurons to understand how they code and respond to appetitive and aversive stimuli. The study revealed that, contrary to what was initially thought, these neurons ...

A University of Michigan-led research team has uncovered a neural network that enables Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies to convert external stimuli of varying intensities into a “yes or no” ...

Classical conditioning, also called Pavlovian conditioning or respondent conditioning, is learning through association. This behavioral learning method was first studied in the late 19th century by ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Our actions are triggered by various internal and external signals (stimuli). These signals ...

In higher education classrooms, instructors constantly strive to understand what motivates and shapes student behavior. Yet, many educators remain reluctant to acknowledge one fundamental truth: All ...