Microscopic fibers secretly shape how every organ in the body works, yet they’ve been notoriously hard to study—until now. A ...

The human brain has four distinct turning points where its structure changes, according to a study published in the journal ...

Researchers have built a fully implantable device that sends light-based messages directly to the brain. Mice learned to ...

New research reveals how constant headphone use prevents normal brain development in young people, leading to processing ...

Before going to the hospital, one might fear a serious illness, but the moment they hear the words “nothing is wrong,” their ...

By contrast, glial cells seemed to be electrically silent and were dismissed as dull by most researchers. Some glia, called ...

A new study revealed that the brain goes through five different epochs throughout the course of a person's life. One of these ...

An international team led by the University of Michigan has introduced new methods that reveal which regions of the brain ...

A new study from experts with Georgia State University has achieved a long-standing goal in neuroscience: showing how the ...

Learn more about the science behind the belief that we can “see” better while driving when we turn the music down.

During orgasm, the brain also closes off what Sachchidananda refers to as its ‘thinking and worrying centres’ (but if you ...

Writing by hand engages more of the brain than typing. Scientists say the cognitive demands of handwriting may help keep the ...