Brain/Neuroscience

It’s well established that elite athletes have a longer life expectancy than the general public. A recent review of over 50 studies ...

[T]he notion of genius as a capability a person can possess has come under attack recently in several ways. Megan ...

One of the things that makes us human is how we socialize with one another. What drives our social behavior ...

The sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation is a major cause of skin cancer, but it offers some health benefits too, such ...

If dogs could talk, what would they say about us and the way they see the world? Just how do dogs think? ...

[M]any experiments have shown that sleep promotes creative problem-solving. Now, Penny Lewis from Cardiff University and two of her colleagues have collated and ...

Low dose transcranial direct current stimulation have been the subject of much debate. Now, the technology is combined with cognitive ...

[D]oes a chimpanzee deserve more rights than, say, a pigeon? The logic that leads to “yes” is clear enough, but ...

A study claiming that a “memory” could be transferred from one animal to another in form of an injection has ...

Memory transfer has been at the heart of science fiction for decades, but it's becoming more like science fact. A ...

Scientists are preparing to create “miniature brains” that have been genetically engineered to contain Neanderthal DNA, in an unprecedented attempt ...

You can draw a straight line from the initial descriptions of many conditions – claustrophobia, for example, or vertigo – ...

One great hope – for vitamin fans and researchers alike – is that dietary supplements could prevent the worsening of ...

[C]hances are you’ve heard a completely incorrect “fact” about the brain. … [Here are] the biggest and most widely believed ...

[P]hysicians have noted that constipation is one of the most common symptoms of Parkinson’s, appearing in around half the individuals diagnosed with ...

A newly established pig model of Huntington’s disease (HD) could provide researchers a more practical way of testing treatment for ...

For years now a band of dedicated scientists has been quietly building a case to redeem the reputation of MDMA ...

In just 13 years, brain training has sprouted from a fledgling industry to a behemoth projected to be worth as much ...

Keeping off weight is harder than it seems, but it could be due to how our brains are wired ...

Mr. B loves Johnny Cash, except when he doesn’t. Mr. X has watched his doctors morph into Italian chefs right ...

[Neuroscientist Michael Heneka] and his team had eliminated a key inflammation gene from a strain of mouse that usually develops ...

The possible causes of Parkinson's disease are incredibly varied. A new team of researchers is building a Parkinson's disease map ...

Researchers at Yale University have restored circulation to the brains of decapitated pigs, and kept the organs alive for several ...

Rusty Gage and colleagues at the Salk Institute [recently] announced that they had successfully transplanted lab-grown blobs of human brain tissue ...

By the time her mother received the doctor’s email, Yuna Lee was already 2 years old, a child with a ...

UC San Diego will try to alleviate severe autism in children by giving them a non-psychoactive chemical found in marijuana, ...

There is a borderland between waking life and the uncharted wilderness of sleep that we all traverse each night, but ...