A healthy brain maintains a harmony of neurons that excite or inhibit other neurons, but the lines between different types of ...

New research suggests that the most ancient evolutionary parts of the brain could be contributing to consciousness.

Recent insights into brain functioning challenge the long-standing belief that brain wiring is the primary determinant of intelligence and behavior. It appears that it’s not just about how the brain ...

Every emotion has a physical side, but one organ has been curiously overlooked in brain-body research. Now, scientists are turning their attention to the stomach—and discovering signals that may ...

Is human intelligence really computational intelligence? Not merely a metaphor, but one and the same. A talk at Harvard's ...

This week, researchers identified a key driver of pancreatic cancer spread. Oral bacteria were linked to Parkinson's disease ...

In a groundbreaking study from 1961, Albert Bandura demonstrated that we learn by watching what others do. New evidence links ...

Redefining Research: This study shows that a human-based brain organoid model can mimic key brain functions such as ...

This report calls on those who oversee the funding and implementation of PTSD research to reject animal-based research on ...

Neuroscientists from around the world have worked in parallel to map, for the first time, the entire brain activity of mice while they were making decisions. This achievement involved using electrodes ...

A new brain stimulating helmet that could improve the treatment of both depression and Parkinson's disease represents a "paradigm shift" for neuroscience, say researchers. The ultrasound device ...