The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the cerbrum contains less than 20 percent of the neurons in our brain. Eighty ...

New research has pinpointed specific brain regions that are altered in individuals with psychopathy—especially those with ...

Could we replace the brain with computer chips? Reality is much more complex and the brain seems to be much more than just a ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

In the simplest terms, dopamine anchoring is about pairing things that suck with things that are fun as a way to hack your brain into getting out of your own way. It's rewarding yourself for doing a ...

Almost a year after teenager Brett Jedwabny suffered a traumatic brain injury, his family is looking back on the terrifying ...

On 11 June, engineers at OHB's facilities in Germany joined together the two main parts of ESA's Plato mission.

Neurospirituality crosses multiple disciplines to study how and why the human brain has a sense of the divine. Evidence is ...

Your teen's sleeping habits may affect how their brain functions, according to new research from the University of Georgia published in Brain and Behavior. And lack of quality sleep may put kids ...

Using an algorithm they call the Krakencoder, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine are a step closer to unraveling how the brain's wiring supports the way we think and act. The study, published ...

All parts of the brain, not just the ones related to higher forms of thinking, can be improved through stimulating challenges—at any age. Someone who wants to improve balance can take up tai chi ...

Ketamine leads to increased communication between areas of the brain that don't typically engage with each other, new research suggests.