It had been a good night—good food, good people, the kind of gathering I'd looked forward to all week. I walked in the door, ...

Sleep helps the brain to cleanse itself—and now this process can be measured in humans entirely noninvasively. Researchers at ...

The brain's 'garbage disposal' system falters with age, a new study finds, with long-lived neurons offloading clumpy, old proteins onto other brain cells. Many of those proteins are involved in brain ...

Researchers have gained a new understanding of how the brain processes reward and risk information. Neuroscientists show how nerve cells in the so-called amygdala not only encode the probability and ...

The human brain is a marvel of nature, a labyrinth of neurons and synapses that dictates every aspect of our behavior, thoughts, and feelings. Yet, despite its critical role in our lives, it remains ...

What happens in the brain when someone witnesses toxic behavior in the workplace? Researchers at Rutgers Business School, in ...

The human brain holds a staggering number of connections, yet scientists have long struggled to explain how it stores so much ...

Scientists have long known that when sounds are faint or objects are seen through fog in the distance, repetition of these weak or ambiguous sensory “inputs” can result in different perceptions inside ...

Humankind stands at an evolutionary crossroads, and the key to our survival lies in awakening a latent potential within the ...

In these animal models, pups exposed to rough care process maternal cues aberrantly. Instead of the mother’s presence calming the pup’s fear circuitry, it can increase activity in areas of the brain ...

Most people want autism breakthroughs—but few know the crucial role brain donation plays in making them happen. Autism ...