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

Kids light up around screens, both literally and neurologically. It’s almost startling how quickly their attention funnels ...

Researchers have created one of the most detailed virtual mouse cortex simulations ever achieved by combining massive ...

A computer model developed by researchers from Japan and Seattle's Allen Institute could lead to new methods for studying ...

Neuroscientists studying the shifts between sleep and awareness are finding many liminal states, which could help explain the ...

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

You might think spending time on your smartphone or computer is bad for your brain. Indeed, “brain rot” — the slang term for a mental decline caused by mindlessly consuming social media or digital ...

The actor, who inherited a high-risk gene for Alzheimer’s disease, explores ways to potentially slow down the disease.

Despite widespread skepticism, the National Science Foundation and DARPA have invested millions of dollars in organoid-based ...

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

As we found in our recent research, our brains also have powerful mechanisms for defending body weight – and can sort of ...

Harnessing the muscle of one of the world's fastest supercomputers, researchers have built one of the largest and most ...