A research team has identified genetic factors that influence the shape of subcortical brain regions—far beyond volume ...

How do you intuitively know that you can walk on a footpath and swim in a lake? Researchers from the University of Amsterdam have discovered unique brain activations that reflect how we can move our ...

Imagine perceiving the world with an entirely new dimension of understanding, a sense beyond sight, sound, touch, taste, and ...

Deep-brain imaging in awake mice reveals how light resets the circadian clock by activating complex SCN neuron networks.

Researchers have measured the brain’s faint glow for the first time, hinting at a potential role of “biophotons” in cognition ...

One of the first brain cells shown to make insulin is the neurogliaform cell. These live in a brain area important for ...

New research published in Nature Neuroscience sheds light on how the brain filters out distractions during memory formation.

A protective sugar coating on brain blood vessels, once thought to be insignificant, turns out to play a vital role in ...

Activity levels in a specific region of the brain predict whether we think something is real, irrespective of whether we've ...

A man with a severe speech disability is able to speak expressively and sing using a brain implant that translates his neural ...