Comparing consciousness to a plasma ball can help us better understand key aspects of subjective conscious experience.

Genetic variants linked to autism are associated with structural differences in neonatal white matter, particularly increased ...

John Kounios is a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Drexel University. He is co-author of The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain (Random House, 2015) and ...

Researchers at the University of Virginia have created the first comprehensive protein-level atlas of brain development, ...

Our brains build maps of the environment that help us understand the world around us, allowing us to think, recall, and plan.

In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...

The brain releases neurochemicals ... and modern science provides a fascinating explanation for this view. Richard I of England, known as Richard the Lionheart, earned his famous nickname due to his ...

New research provides the first direct evidence that brain lesions causing secondary psychosis map to a common brain circuit ...

The pleasurable urge to move to music — to groove — appears to be a physiological response independent of how much we ...

The link between gut microbiome and eating behaviours, especially palatable food intake, is a growing focus of scientific ...

Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory.