Norman Doidge, citing a study by Merzenich and colleagues, found that the brain allocates neurological resources to its most ...

Hand movements are often treated as a nervous tic to be suppressed, but a growing body of research suggests they are one of ...

Neurons that specifically reduce and modulate electrical brain activity have a greater influence on emotional memories than ...

Researchers around the world are studying how the human brain achieves its extraordinary complexity. A team at the Central ...

Quantum experiments keep stripping away our everyday intuitions, replacing them with a picture of reality in which cause, effect and even “facts” depend on how we look. New tests of entanglement, ...

Scientists are learning how the brain knows what’s happening throughout the body, and how that process might go awry in some ...