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 ...

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 ...

Brain organoids, three-dimensional models of the brain, are a boon to neuroscience, making it possible to study the ...

Our brains use basic "building blocks" of information to keep track of how people interact, enabling us to navigate complex ...

I am 71, and I recently saw my urologist for urinating a lot and not getting enough sleep. He performed a flow test and a ...

The brain response shows overall brain activity involved in processing the location and intensity of pain. This response was lower when people were exposed to virtual nature scenes compared to ...