Brain abnormalities may be a nonspecific antecedent for sexual homicide offending. Studies suggest elevated prevalence of ...

Human evolution has revolved around food, from identifying and foraging for it to growing and preparing it. Carnegie Mellon University researchers have identified a region in the brain's visual cortex ...

The human brain processes images 60,000 times faster than text, and yet, when faced with an optical trick or a cleverly ...

Scientists have identified NOVA1, a unique human language gene that may have played a key role in the evolution of spoken ...

A new contender for a human 'language gene' can change the way that mice squeak when it is incorporated into their DNA.

A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new—and important or just "background noise." ...

BEIJING -- Researchers from the Institute of Automation at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed the intrinsic ...

A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new, and important or just 'background noise.' ...

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology have identified specific neuronal cells that are essential to our understanding of other people. Runnan ...

A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new, and important or just "background noise." ...