A new "atlas" developed by researchers at Duke University School of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, ...

One in three Americans is likely to be affected by a brain disorder in their lifetime. Many of these conditions, such as ...

Neuroscientists publish the results of a study that was designed to determine which theory of human consciousness came ...

Feeling emotionally drained, reactive, or overwhelmed? These 12 science-backed micro-habits (from breathwork to ...

“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in ...

Neurons—the nerve cells responsible for transmitting electrical and chemical signals throughout the body—are organized in tissue, tending to cluster together in groups according to how they function.

The human brain isn't just distinguished by its problem-solving abilities. It's also designed to deeply process emotions and ...

Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that ...

A recent study revealed that the average human brain may contain the equivalent of a whopping five plastic bottle caps' worth of microplastics. The New York Times took a deeper dive into the topic on ...

What is the nature of human uniqueness? In a three-part series ... three continents -- even undergoing an examination of his own brain. » Learn More ...

an achievement that could offer insight into how the human brain works. They worked out the cerebral architecture in a tissue sample the size of a grain of sand bearing more than 200,000 cells ...

“It is no use asking for the impossible, such as, say, the exact wiring diagram for a cubic millimeter of brain tissue and the way all its neurons are firing.” His words served as a challenge. Seung ...