Brain/Neuroscience
Your brain could be controlling how sick you get — and how quickly you recover
Scientists are deciphering how the brain choreographs immune responses, hoping to find treatments for a range of diseases ...
‘Animals are very smart, but not in the same way as us’: Explaining differences between human and animal intelligence
Why aren't animals as smart as humans? ASK A RESEARCHER: "Fire may have made human brains larger," researcher says ...
How the human brain changes over a lifetime
How does the brain age across the lifespan? New studies offer clues. Our brains are built to change over our ...
Brains and sex: There are developmental, cognitive and maturation differences between boys and girls
Do differences in cognition reflect differences in brain connectivity between boys and girls in late childhood? ...
Addressing childhood trauma: Could epigenetic gene editing reduce the likelihood of developing mental illness?
Many researchers now think that childhood trauma biologically embeds itself in our bodies, alters how our genes work and puts ...
Cognitive health over age 70: Who has the highest risk of dementia, those who are single or married?
People who are married have a lower risk of developing dementia or mild cognitive impairment after the age of 70 ...
Race and genetics: Gene found exclusively in people of African descent predisposes some Blacks to Alzheimer’s
A gene variant found almost exclusively among people of African descent appears to substantially raise the risk of Alzheimer's disease, ...
Cure for binge drinking? This endorphin-blocking pill could help people consume less alcohol
A medicine used to treat people with severe alcohol disorders could also be helpful for others against binge drinking, a ...
‘Love is a biological necessity’: Here is how deep attraction affects the brain
What happens in your brain when you’re in love? Decades of research finds that love’s reaction inside the brain models ...
Does obesity damage the brain?
Obesity appears to harm the areas of the brain responsible for learning, memory and judgment ...
Psychologist Steven Pinker: ‘Language is a window to the human mind’
Language reveals that our long-term memory storage is sizable, but that we mostly remember in abstractions. It also shows that ...
Nootropics: No evidence over-the-counter supplements preserve memory — and they may be dangerous
Is there anybody over 50 who wouldn't want to maintain their cognitive skills and remember where they put their keys? ...
Evoking Jeff Goldblum’s ‘The Fly’: Does growing human ‘brains-in-a-dish’ and creating chimeras cross a bioethical line?
Bits of human brain growing in a lab dish can reveal a great deal about how a disease begins and ...
Gene therapy delivered directly to the brain treats extremely rare disease in children
When Rylae-Ann Poulin was a year old, she didn’t crawl or babble like other kids her age. A rare genetic ...
Viewpoint: ‘Free will exists, but it doesn’t work in the way we intuitively imagine’
New research findings, combined with philosophy, suggest free will is real but may not operate in the ways people expect ...
All in your head? Long COVID has been dismissed by some as a psychological phenomenon and not a medical condition. Here’s why they are wrong
Despite all the patient voices and validating studies from university labs, long Covid has been dismissed by some doctors and ...
Déjà vu: ‘A peek into how the memory system works when it goes a little off-kilter’
It’s an eerie feeling: You walk into a place you know you’ve never been before but are overwhelmed by a ...
Does gut bacteria ‘control’ your brain? Exploring connections between our microbiomes and mental health
Looking after the multitudes of bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms living in our guts could help us think better and ...
Low serotonin is not a cause of depression? Controversial study spawns misinformation about the effectiveness of SSRIs
The media exploded when a paper declared that low serotonin doesn’t cause depression— something many scientists had been saying for ...
Video: Why and how did consciousness evolve?
In a recent episode of Closer to Truth, Robert Lawrence Kuhn interviewed University of California cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman on ...
Cancer vaccine progress: CRISPR-developed shot stops brain tumors in mice
Cancer of the brain and nervous system accounted for over 250,000 deaths worldwide in 2020 ...
Autism diagnoses tripled in the 2000s. More accurate assessments, genetics and environmental factors likely culprits
New research suggests doctors have improved at identifying autism, especially among children with average or above-average IQs. But that doesn't ...
6-9 minutes: Daily vigorous exercise for even a short time helps insulate against cognitive decline, study finds
What if you could look at all the things you do daily — walking from room to room, preparing a ...
Squid and human brains: Despite 500 million years of divergent evolution, their complex brain development remains similar
Squid and human brains develop the same way despite diverging 500 million years ago ...
Fading memory from early dementia? Deep brain stimulation might help
Researchers are studying whether deep brain stimulation could help people with Alzheimer's hold on to their memory longer, and now ...
Are you good at perceiving other people’s perspectives? Women score higher than men on ‘cognitive empathy’ test
Females score higher than males on the widely used 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' Test, study shows ...
Brain implants help many paralyzed people move again — but progress is slow
Brain implants have begun to restore functions, but advances are slow. But achieving full-body restoration of movement, as Elon Musk ...
