Ever wonder what goes on inside the brain of a worm—how it processes information, responds to stimuli and perceives the world ...
The human brain is constantly taking in information about the world through sight, touch, hearing and the other senses. Influential theories in neuroscience and psychology suggest that it also ...
Optogenetics, a field that started with an algae gene, is shedding light on new treatments for eye and neuropsychiatric conditions.
Even under general anesthesia, the human brain can analyze language, recognize different types of words, and predict what comes next in a story, according to a surprising discovery by Baylor ...
Scientists have uncovered a hidden layer of organization in the brain by creating the first detailed 3D map of its lipids, ...
"When I'm out for a walk with my dog, why is he so obsessed with the smells on the ground?" Have you ever wondered about that ...
"I'm studying brain anatomy, but I just can't seem to remember it.""I've heard the names of cerebral arteries. But I can't ...
Deep in the human brain, sandwiched between the deep gray matter and the outer cortical ribbon, lies a wafer-thin sheet of ...
A new meta-analysis reveals that while ADHD and autism both feature atypical brain responses to rewards, the underlying neural activity goes in completely opposite directions, providing biological ...
Researchers have successfully decoded the basic structure of imagined melodies from human brain waves by focusing on how ...
Most nutrition science suggests that meals with the same basic nutritional profile will have the same impact on a person's ...
Cell-based models of the human cortex transplanted into mice produce neurons that are inaccessible in vitro, and could enable scientists to link brain injury to behaviour.