UCSF scientists discovered that an overlooked cell type in the brain plays a central role in healing traumatic brain injury.

The leading theories of consciousness suggest that the outer layer of the human brain, called the cortex (in blue in figure 1 ...

The brain behaves more like a coral reef than a computer. Pursuits as diverse as chess, writing in cursive, exercise, meditation, juggling, music, pleasurable and/or comforting physical contact, good ...

Here's what the newsletter is covering this week: 1.Earlier this week, I came across a deeply upsetting Reddit post about a man named David Reimer, who, as a child, was subjected to horrible ...

As a psychologist and neuroscientist with over two decades of research, I’m shocked by all the pseudoscience and misinformation on the internet about the brain and mental health. The truth is: Brain ...

New research led by investigators at Mass General Brigham suggests a link between a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the risk of developing a malignant brain tumor. By evaluating data from ...

Scientists have developed a brain-computer interface that can capture and decode a person's inner monologue. The results could help people who are unable to speak communicate more easily with others.

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...

1.Talk about good acting — Toni Collette faked her appendicitis so well when she was a teen that doctors ended up removing her appendix. Marc Piasecki / Getty Images 2.Snakes can help predict ...

A person is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a brain-eating amoeba infection in Missouri, officials announced. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MODHSS) said in a ...

A person in Missouri has been hospitalized after contracting a brain-eating amoeba, possibly after water skiing in the Lake of the Ozarks, state health officials said Wednesday. The patient, who was ...