Understanding how the brain creates conscious experience remains one of science’s most difficult challenges. Brain scans and ...

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We usually don't think much about it, but our brain is pretty amazing! This three-pound organ is in charge of everything—from our thoughts and memories to our emotions and decision-making. And yet, ...

We don't precisely know how the physical matter in our brains translates into thoughts, sensations, and feelings. But an ...

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

Not everyone is able to think quickly, but here are 11 obvious signs your mind works faster than the average person.

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

Every time we show facial gestures, it feels effortless, but the brain is quietly coordinating an intricate performance.

Attention can feel like a fragile thing, especially when your brain struggles to sort signal from noise. Every second, your ...

For decades, the idea that creativity comes from the right side of the brain has dominated popular culture. People have been told they're either "right-brained" (creative, intuitive) or "left-brained" ...

Alzheimer’s disease has long looked like a slow-motion wildfire, starting in one part of the brain and then advancing along ...