New research shows your brain may learn complex visual patterns without effort, reward, or feedback -- just by passively ...

Neuroscientists want to understand how individual neurons encode information that allows us to distinguish objects, like ...

New research reveals that the brain may be learning even during unstructured, aimless exploration. By recording activity in ...

Aimlessly wandering around a city or exploring the new mall may seem unproductive, but new research from HHMI's Janelia Research Campus suggests it could play an important role in how our brains ...

Studies suggest allowing your mind to drift can reduce stress, enhance insight and connect the brain’s executive and ...

Aimlessly wandering around a city or exploring the new mall may seem unproductive, but new research from HHMI's Janelia Research Campus suggests it ...

Janelia Farm; north of Route 7 at Janelia Farm Boulevard: Janelia was the creation of Vinton L. Pickens, a professional artist and civic leader, and her husband, author Robert S. Pickens.

Imagine you're sitting at a pond, listening to the din of croaking frogs. You want to know how many frogs are in the pond, but you can't pick out the individual croaks—only the combined sound rising ...

Janelia researchers are decoding how neurons carry out computations carefully calibrated to an animal's movement and environment to precisely regulate the release of neuromodulators—chemicals ...

A study reveals that our moments of mental wandering could prepare the brain to learn more effectively. Far from being wasted time, this passive exploration would build internal models of the world.