Past psychology research suggests that different people display characteristic patterns of spontaneous thought, emotions and ...

The set of connections of any brain region is so specific that brain regions have a unique connectivity fingerprint. In our ...

Researchers identified 64 genes that help to shape how quickly a person's brain ages, which could explain the gap often observed between the estimated biological age and the chronological age of the ...

The parakeets commonly kept as pets could offer fresh clues about vocal learning and potential treatments for speech ...

Researchers found that brain samples from 2024 contained nearly 50% more microplastics than those from just eight years ago.

For example, the evolutionarily oldest brain regions have a lower density of mitochondria ... And the brain accounts for 20% of the human body’s energy usage 2. Wielding a tool typically used ...

Researchers studying people’s brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret blobs of paint on ...

Neuroscientists at Stanford University have grown a tiny, two-centimeter-long ‘sausage’ made of human cells that may hold ...

Scientists unveiled the largest brain map ever made, revealing over 200,000 cells and 500 million connections.

New research shows that running a marathon can cause a temporary reduction in brain myelin, the fatty substance that insulates neurons and supports efficient communication.

According to a study published by Nature Metabolism, marathon runners experience reversible changes in their brain myelin.

To build the map, researchers at Columbia University and the University of Bordeaux took a slice of a frozen human brain and, ...