Understanding how a healthy brain works can provide insight into how it fails, too. Scientists hope that studying organoids derived from humans with neurodevelopmental disorders — particularly ...

Researchers from Virginia Tech and Arizona State University recently revealed findings that tie two brain chemicals in bees to learning ability.

We like to think we are the lead actors in our lives, but we’re often just reading lines from a shadow script written by our past selves.

Expert birders show denser brain tissue in attention and visual regions, suggesting the skill may help slow certain aspects ...

A new study shows that attention moves in fast repeating cycles in the brain, making us more open to distraction at certain moments.

Scientists at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago found that “SuperAgers” generate twice as many new neurons in the hippocampus.

By Vijay Kumar Malesu Scientists are detecting nanoplastics in human brain tissue and exploring how these particles may influence the risk of neurodegenerative diseases, but major questions about ...

Right-brain vs. left-brain thinking is often discussed in psychology. Everybody uses both thinking types to some degree, but nearly everyone tends to have one or the other as a primary thinking style.