A global study reveals that our most emotionally resonant music tends to come from our teenage years—typically peaking around ...

A new study reveals that sleep-like slow-wave brain activity can persist for years in surgically disconnected brain ...

A new study reveals that older adults are more likely than younger people to interpret ambiguous facial expressions as happy ...

A new study reveals that most people fail to recognize racial bias embedded in AI systems, even when it is visible in the training data.

A new study has identified a mutation in the TREM2 gene that disrupts the brain’s ability to clear toxic amyloid plaques, increasing Alzheimer’s disease risk.

A new study reveals that an overgrowth of Candida albicans, a common gut fungus, may alter the brain’s dopamine reward circuitry and influence alcohol consumption.

New research shows that neighborhood conditions — from pollution and housing to economic opportunity — may directly affect brain health and dementia risk.

An international research team has mapped the millisecond-by-millisecond process by which nerve signals activate muscles, uncovering a previously unseen “primed” intermediate step.

Researchers have identified a new genetic cause of hereditary optic atrophy—a condition that leads to gradual vision loss—by discovering a previously unknown mutation in the PPIB gene. T ...

New research reveals that child maltreatment leaves measurable biological “scars” on DNA, altering brain structure and function.

New research reveals that people who have near-death experiences often undergo profound shifts in perspective, purpose, and ...

very image we see and every sound we hear is encoded in the brain through the activation of tiny processing units called neurons – nerve cells that are ten times smaller than a human hair. The human ...