Madeline Lancaster created the first brain organoids, which have revolutionised our understanding of how the brain works - ...

DHA and EPA—may help protect your brain from inflammation as you age, says Dr. Small. Getting them in food form is best, but ...

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

Many mammals physically pivot their ears to hone in on a particular sound, and now it seems that a similar action takes place ...

Both brain hemispheres briefly share the same object in your vision at the moment it crosses from left to right, or right to ...

Stretching your ability to focus is good for the brain. Paying close attention like that encourages the brain to pump more acetylcholine (a brain chemical important for learning, attention, and memory ...

The brain isn’t wired for what’s good for us, it’s wired for what feels safe and efficient,” explains Courtney Shrum, LMHC, ...

This suggests the brain applies different rules based on the strength of the original memory. Weak memories, like those for animal images, are more likely to be rescued. Stronger memories may already ...

Since their discovery in 2004, the grid cells in the brain, which are important for our orientation, have been regarded as a ...

Seeing and imagining use similar brain machinery. New research reveals the brain circuit that identifies what is real, which ...

How we focus our attention before we even see an object matters. For example, when we look for something moving in the sky, ...

A new study shows that our brain’s attention system first prepares broadly, then zooms in on specific details within ...