Neuroscientists have charted the human brain’s journey through life into five distinct phases, each marked by dramatic rewiring at key ages. These turning points—9, 32, 66, and 83—shape how we think, ...

New research suggests pregnancy doesn’t impair the brain—it reshapes it, refining memory, attention, and emotional awareness ...

Tal Sharf (right, senior author), Tjiste van der Molen (middle, postdoctoral researcher), and Greg Kaurala (left, staff researcher). Humans have long wondered when and how we begin to form thoughts.

This is a summary of a story published by the Duke School of Medicine. Duke researcher Debra Silver is convinced that to get meaningful answers about the brain, she needs to come at it in three ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Parkinson's disease does more than cause tremor and trouble walking. It can also affect sleep, smell, digestion and even thinking. That may be because the disease disrupts communication in a brain ...

New research suggests that auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia may come from a brain glitch that confuses inner thoughts for external voices. Normally, the brain predicts the sound of its own ...

It's a question that has baffled scientists for centuries - what happens in the seconds before you die? Now, researchers from ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience.View full ...

Protest is everywhere nowadays, from the revolution in Nepal to Italians shutting down their country for days on end and, of course, people here in the United States protecting their communities in ...

Using a range of brain measurement techniques researchers assessed the effects of a single, high dose of psilocybin in ...