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 ...

If depression isn’t just a chemical imbalance, what drives it? A psychiatrist unpacks the latest research, why SSRIs still ...

A University of Cincinnati study found machine learning models can aid in the automation and detection of abnormal brain ...

Brain activity in vocalizing budgerigar parrots showed a pattern that harkened to those found in the brains of people.

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

Our brains use basic 'building blocks' of information to keep track of how people interact, enabling us to navigate complex social interactions, finds a new study.

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 ...