Researchers found that gut microbes may contribute to memory loss by disrupting signals between the intestine and the brain.

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

Dopamine – a brain chemical associated with reward – appears to prompt people to move faster when they want something, researchers recently reported in the journal Science Advances.

Researchers developed brain organoids from patient samples to model genetic subtypes of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), creating a translational platform that better reflects the human-specific ...

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz have trained lab-grown clusters of mouse brain cells to balance a ...

A peer-reviewed paper published in Frontiers in Psychology proposes that consciousness is not simply a byproduct of brain activity but instead acts as a top-down force that shapes neural processes.

In the well-known thought experiment known as the prisoner's dilemma, one individual has to decide whether to stay silent or talk to the police about their crime based on how they anticipate an ...

Humans and many other animals can innately recognize familiar objects in their surroundings, irrespective of the angle they are observed from, changes in lighting or other shifts in the surrounding ...

By measuring the magnetic fields of the brain, researchers found that different contemplative practices uniquely change how ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — At a classroom outside Syracuse, students are doing more than just read about science. They’re actually hearing it. Students at Manlius Pebble Hill School are listening to ...

Living human neurons were trained to play Doom, extending the long-running engineering benchmark into biological computing.