Hundreds of cubes of human brain tissue help scientists to chart the energy-making capabilities of various brain regions.

A new study using intracranial recordings in humans reveals that the thalamus, particularly its higher-order regions, plays a central role in triggering conscious perception.

Using a mathematical model, scientists explored how the human brain might represent information about physical spaces and ...

Everything the brain does—from storing memories to interpreting sights to regulating emotions—requires energy, all produced ...

Creatives engage a unique brain network for expansive imaginative thinking that allows for creative problem-solving and novel ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

New research finds the brain's language-processing network also responds to artificial languages such as Esperanto and languages made for TV, such as Klingon on 'Star Trek' and High Valyrian and ...

Managed Healthcare Executive gives C-suite executives in health plans and provider organizations news and strategies for ...

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) has revealed, through fMRI-based brain activity ...

New study reveals brain aging accelerates at 44 and peaks at 67, with ketone supplements showing potential to slow age-related decline.

The human brain appears to undergo accelerated ageing once a ... The study, published in the journal PNAS, assessed the ...