If hearing an old song or getting a whiff of freshly sharpened pencils instantly carries you back to high school, you’re ...

What else might be happening to my brain as it’s constantly flooded by endless content and information? Vuorre says that studying a brain that’s bombarded with stimuli is “n ...

Imagine perceiving the world with an entirely new dimension of understanding, a sense beyond sight, sound, touch, taste, and ...

New research shows that the brain’s cortex can rapidly reorganize itself after losing neurons, allowing other nerve cells to take over lost functions.

A direct connection from the nose to brain neurons are activated by the smell of food to trigger satiety in lean, but not in ...

Our brain is adept at synchronizing with rhythmic sounds, whether it's the beat of a song or the steady patter of rain. This ...

Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology is opening an unprecedented chapter in human-machine integration by establishing ...

Your core self may have a home: the Default Mode Network. This marvel of nature creates your sense of self, runs an inner simulation of consciousness, and may hold keys to healing.

Toothed whales use sound to find their way around, detect objects, and catch fish. They can investigate their environment by ...

Researchers at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology find that the hippocampus sends signals to the visual cortex to ...

To perform these processes and others, like crawling or exploring, octopuses rely on their complex nervous system, one that ...

A new study published in Nature Neuroscience sheds light on the structural foundations of the brain’s default mode network, a ...