The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are now calling an “all-body brain,” with neurons that function as a ...

Scientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that ...

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People are more likely to believe lies when there’s the possibility of a reward. Neuroimaging shows that the brain shifts ...

Ongoing disruptions in federal funding are causing many young brain scientists to reconsider their career choice, according ...

In findings that raise a variety of questions about how our brains work, and even about the nature of consciousness, UC Santa Barbara researchers and collaborators report that only a small section of ...

On a cutting surface inside a Scaife Hall laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh, Julia Kofler examines a brain, pointing ...

On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Brain-computer interfaces promise breakthroughs in restoring lost function and beyond. But they also raise ethical and societal questions about the linking ...

Excavations found that the brain of what seems to be a human male contained dark glass formed during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. The effect can't be explained by lava temperatures alone, ...

Love is one of the most profound and complex emotions experienced by humans. It influences our thoughts, behaviors, and even our physiology. But what actually happens inside the brain when we fall in ...

Every November, Black Friday arrives with big claims of massive savings and "one-day-only" deals. We are bombarded with ...