Human testicles are much smaller, in proportion, to some of our primate cousins. Evolution can tell us why. But the size of ...

In the hippocampus, a critical brain region for learning and memory, new cells emerge in some people into late adulthood, ...

Scientists in Sweden led the study, published Thursday in Science. They found abundant signs of neural stem cells growing in ...

In a peer-reviewed paper published in 2022 in the journal Science Advances, researchers from the University of Aberdeen and ...

The small grooves on the surface of our brain may play a key role in our reasoning. A recent study reveals that their depth ...

Neuroscientists want to understand how individual neurons encode information that allows us to distinguish objects, like ...

Juvenile fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder that mainly affects adolescent girls. A study led by the University of ...

A recent study found that a DMT/harmine formulation blurs the brain’s distinction between self and other faces, disrupting ...

Consciousness gives rise to a sense of self and personal agency. The question is, how do biological processes give rise to ...

In the brain, tRNS may enhance learning by gently boosting the activity of underperforming neurons, helping them get closer to the point at which they become active and send signals. This is a point ...

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

Boosting the brain’s sugar-clearing switch cuts toxic buildup and may explain why fasting looks good for memory.