The claustrum complex, a small yet powerful region in the brain, has intrigued scientists for years. Found across mammalian ...

In a world first, a team of engineers, neuroscientists and neurosurgeons at UC Davis and UC Davis Health has demonstrated ...

Medication has long been the cornerstone of treatment for people with epilepsy, but it doesn't stop seizures for everyone and ...

An analysis of brains at various stages of Alzheimer's found that neurons called inhibitory neurons are the first to be affected by the disease. It takes decades for a person's brain to be disabled by ...

Researchers created the most detailed map of the brain's functional networks using data from people watching movies, including "Inception," "Home Alone" and "Erin Brokovich." When you purchase through ...

The Signature Courses at the University of Texas at Austin are a form of required course for all undergraduate students on a variety of topics, giving first-year students an opportunity to closely ...

That 'aha' moment when you come back to a puzzle and immediately figure it out? Something fascinating is going on in your brain. A new study using functional magnetic resonance imaging shows that ...

Psychopaths have different brain structures to the rest of the population, a study has revealed, helping shed new light on one corner of the "dark personality" triad. Diagnosis with psychopathy is ...

Have you ever gotten a flash of a different route you could have taken while stuck in traffic? This isn't just a fleeting ...

Oxford University Press has chosen “brain rot” as its word of the year. The word is defined as “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as a result of ...

Scientists cannot say for certain, but new research suggests that different people’s brains respond similarly when looking at a particular hue. By Kenneth Chang After decades of brain research, ...