New research challenges traditional idea about relationship between alcohol use and brain size. For years,…
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The brain is the central organ of the human nervous system, responsible for thought, emotion, memory, movement, and perception. Composed of billions of neurons and glial cells, it processes vast amounts of sensory information and coordinates every function of the body—from heartbeat regulation to complex reasoning and creativity. Neuroscience, psychology, and cognitive science explore how the brain’s structures—such as the cortex, cerebellum, and limbic system—interact to generate consciousness and behavior. Ongoing research into brain plasticity, neural networks, and disorders like Alzheimer’s, depression, and epilepsy continues to deepen our understanding of this remarkable organ that defines human experience and intelligence.
Ayahuasca Compound Changes Brainwaves to Vivid ‘Waking-Dream’ State Scientists have peered inside the brain to…
The brain cortex, the outside layer of our brain often referred to as grey matter,…
Researchers studying six adults who had one of their brain hemispheres removed during childhood to…
When mice learn to do a new task, their brain activities change over time as…
Findings link healthy sleep to brain-wave bursts that mathematically mimic earthquakes. New research in rats…
Researchers from Russian corporation Neurobotics and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have found…
Is this brain cell your ‘mind’s eye’? No one knows what connects awareness — the…
Researchers have discovered how neuronal networks are able to generate activity sequences for meaningful behavior.…
Why is it that people find songs such as James Taylor’s “Country Roads,” UB40’s “Red,…
New research at Carnegie Mellon University indicates that there is no gender disparity in how…
The Columbia-led study offers new insight into the organization of the brain’s listening center; provides…
Researchers use 3-dimensional electron microscopy to map the local connectome in the cerebral cortex. Mammalian…
Systematic tracing of how neurons connect reveals mammalian brain’s ‘org chart’ of possible information flow.…
The left and right halves of our brains develop differently, as each hemisphere ‘specializes’ in…
Findings in mice suggest targeting certain brain circuits could offer new ways to treat some…
Fluorescent probe could allow scientists to watch circuits within the brain and link their activity…
How Hunger Makes Food Tastier: A Neural Circuit in the Hypothalamus Researchers at the National…