Social spiders reveal surprising brain adaptations, showing that teamwork - not bigger brains - drives cooperation, memory, ...

How a brain's anatomical structure relates to its function is one of the most important questions in neuroscience. It ...

Summary: A new five-year study explores how dopamine may drive changes in brain myelin during social isolation. Researchers ...

A part of the brain that is about the size of a sunflower seed in people could play a big role in our food consumption ...

Vision happens when patterns of light entering the eye are converted into reliable patterns of brain activity. This reliability allows the brain to recognize the same object each time it is seen. Our ...

Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

New research shows fat in arms, legs, torso, and around organs affects brain health differently, with visceral fat tied to ...

CUNY Graduate Center Professor Leora Yetnikoff receives $1 million from the National Science Foundation to explore the links ...

A Cambridge researcher’s review suggests the brain’s ancient subcortex may sustain basic awareness, reshaping how science and ...

Researchers peered inside the brains of huntsman and crab spiders using microCT scanners and found that while spiders' brains ...

A new study in mice reports that concussions sustained early in life can cause subtle brain changes that re-emerge later in ...

In a new study, researchers unveil a device that might offer an alternative to invasive procedures. Featuring a novel ...