Understanding how our brain interprets social hierarchy or facial emotions may be key to advancing our knowledge of anxiety ...

The Best Illusion of the Year contest offers researchers, and participants, an opportunity to explore the gaps and limits of human perception.

A newly developed PET radiotracer has shown the ability to produce high-quality images of real-time brain inflammation, according to research presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and ...

Sleep disorders may lead to structural brain changes, cognitive decline, and neurological disease. Here’s what science says about the risk.

Brain-computer interfaces are already letting people with paralysis control computers and communicate their needs, and will soon enable them to manipulate prosthetic limbs without moving a muscle.

AI tool uses MRI scans to track the pace of brain changes, mapping anatomic variations in regional brain aging rates according to factors including sex and age.

By identifying the structural brain abnormalities involved in stuttering helps to explore effective treatments (7). There is increasing evidence for differences in Morphological Structure of the Brain ...

Explore the science behind the left brain vs. right brain theory, debunk myths, and learn how both hemispheres contribute to creativity and logic. Discover tips for brain health.

Invading the fortress Researchers have long been skeptical that the brain could have a microbiome because all vertebrates, including fish, have a blood-brain barrier.

Explore brain anatomy, from the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem, to the deep structures within the brain, such as the limbic system and basal ganglia.

What It’s Like to Remove a Brain Tumor A neurosurgeon writes candidly about the moments that terrify him during surgery, and why he sometimes holds his breath.

How can the amazing abilities of our memory be explained on the basis of brain anatomy? It is known that different brain functions are anchored in different areas and structures of the brain.