Ever wonder what goes on inside the brain of a worm—how it processes information, responds to stimuli and perceives the world around it? Northeastern University researchers have opened up that can of ...

Seven people under general anesthesia lay unconscious on an operating table while researchers played short stories into the ...

A Hungarian study published in Science shows that dog brains segment continuous speech into words using a consonant bias ...

Modern-day replications of one of history's most disturbing social psychology experiments reveal what makes ordinary people obey an immoral order – and how to resist.

A new Nature Cancer study shows that stroke remodels the brain's tumor microenvironment, creating tumor-associated astrocytes ...

Eating too much salt may do more than raise blood pressure. It could also harm memory and social behavior. In a new study, Japanese researchers discovered that a soy-derived compound called LPC70 ...

Why You Feel So Heavy Before You Even Open Your Laptop Picture this: it is 8:42 a.m., you have not finished your first coffee ...

Do women and men navigate differently? Explore what research reveals about map reading, spatial ability, navigation ...

A new study out of UC Berkeley and Caltech has produced one of the most striking neuroscience findings in years: the brain ...

Young adults with weaker incoming connections to the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex, a small region that helps regulate ...

Researchers at Harvard Medical School's Massachusetts General Hospital have published findings in Nature Neuroscience showing that the ...

There are simple ways to reduce your risks of Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive issues. Doctors share their advice for ...