People who score high in psychopathic traits are less likely to trust strangers and show distinct brain activity when ...

Researchers reveals how walking on two legs and expanding brain size drove the evolution of human right-handedness.

A hearing system that monitors brain waves could help people with hearing loss communicate in noisy environments.

Have you ever wondered how a fly manages to dodge you in a split second? Scientists have long been fascinated by the ...

Our memories of past events are typically not isolated, but they are linked to other related memories. This ability to ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story A neuroscientist argues that brain science points to the existence of an immaterial mind or soul, pointing to cases like split-brain patients and ...

Scientists have a term for the slow, smoldering inflammation that builds up in the brain’s memory center as you age: “neuroinflammaging.” It quietly degrades the cellular machinery that keeps you ...

An analysis of hundreds of images from several studies shows how hallucinogenic drugs drive activity in various regions of the brain. By Andrew Jacobs As researchers have sought to demonstrate the ...

Scientists looked at a wide range of brain scans to determine how consciousness gets so trippy on mind-altering drugs. A new analysis broadens our understanding of psychedelics, such as the psilocybin ...

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This article was originally published at The Conversation. Going to space is harsh on the human body, and as a new study from our research team finds, the brain shifts upward and backward and deforms ...

That viral claim that your frontal lobe “isn’t fully developed until 25” turns out to be more myth than milestone. Early brain scans showed that gray matter changes dramatically through the teen years ...