This new field of research, called biocomputing or "wetware", aims to harness the evolutionarily honed yet still mysterious ...
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.
Internet users often claim that Vipassana can “rewire the brain,” making a person calmer, more focused, or even fundamentally ...
Lead exposure may have spelled evolutionary success for humans—and extinction for our ancient cousins—but other scientists ...
The brain keeps steadier time with sound than with touch, revealing how hearing drives human rhythm and movement.
Some 40 kilometers east of the Tanzanian coast in East Africa lies Latham Island, a rocky, utterly isolated and uninhabited ...
Every day, your brain makes thousands of decisions under uncertainty. Most of the time, you guess right. When you don't, you ...
Long before humans built cities or wrote words, our ancestors may have faced a hidden threat that shaped who we became.
Brain-training games are all the rage, but whether they prevent cognitive decline has been debatable. Studies in recent years ...
A groundbreaking international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon.
An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The ...
The brain's mechanisms for repairing injuries caused by trauma or degenerative diseases are not yet known in detail.