By studying never-before-seen details of brain connectivity in human infants, researchers have identified how a balance of innate structure and flexible learning produces our remarkably organized ...

A new memoir, "Unshrunk," offers a scathing critique of the psychiatric drug industry, and forges a new path to healing.

Riddle me this: how can it be that reading these words activates nearly identical word-sensitive patches of the brain's visual system in you and nearly every other reader of this story? And that a ...

The skull evolved for protection against blunt force. Modern acceleration and rotational forces expose the brain to new ...

The functioning of the brain relies on the establishment of very precise connections between neurons: synapses. A recent ...

How a person's brain grows and makes connections can determine intelligence as well as susceptibility to disorders such as ...