University of Tübingen researchers have shown that crows, when confronted with a visual choice, make a decision twice as fast ...
Two scientists swelled a sample of brain tissue to reveal its tangled wiring, and this incredible photograph is the result.
A new study traced the forebrain and hindbrain to separate evolutionary lineages, then researchers used that discovery to ...
The Nikon Small World Competition has announced its photography winners for its 52nd annual contest. This comes weeks after ...
(Eugene Mymrin/Moment RF/Getty Images) It's well known that alcohol has profound consequences on the way the brain works, and ...
The phenomenon where moderately low temperatures extend lifespan has been observed in many organisms, including nematodes, ...
An ancient viral insertion silences LINC00662 in chimpanzee cells, while the gene is active during early human brain ...
A tiny region deep within the brain has surprised scientists by revealing a remarkably sophisticated communication system.
Hardship is thought to wear down a new mother’s drive to care for her young, partly by lowering activity in brain cells ...
Conscious perception may depend not just on the patterns of activity in certain neurons, but the timing of when those ...
A new study in Nature by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine answers a long-standing question about astrocytes, ...
A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, reveals how psilocybin, the psychoactive compound ...