Study maps five major eras of brain wiring from birth to old age, revealing the key turning points that shape how we learn, ...

New research finds that brain development is not linear. There are distinct phases with unique characteristics.

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

A new study warns modern life may undermine key human survival traits, from fertility to cognition, as environmental ...

Humans and most other animals are known to be strongly driven by expected rewards or adverse consequences. The process of ...

Accumulating research and emerging experiences suggest we're witnessing fundamental changes in human psychological ...

A new study suggests that everyday multilingual habits—from chatting with neighbors to revisiting a childhood language—may ...

The human mind is turning out to be far stranger and more intricate than the tidy diagrams in old biology textbooks ever ...

The newly formed Stop ECT Coalition, representing hundreds of thousands of individuals, has launched a nationwide campaign ...

Inside the artist’s brain, creativity emerges not as magic, but as a disciplined dance between imagination, emotion and ...