Researchers have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they have been able to follow the ...

According to study co-lead author Cheol Jun Cho, who is also a UC Berkeley Ph.D. student in electrical engineering and ...

A new study using intracranial recordings in humans reveals that the thalamus, particularly its higher-order regions, plays a central role in triggering conscious perception.

Physics informs when impact to the head or a pane of glass occurs, there is a transfer of energy that reverberates and ...

New research shines light on how the brain interprets nutritional and hydration needs and turns them into action.

Scientists explored how the human brain might represent information about physical spaces and about people, places and things ...

The artificial sweetener sucralose increases brain activity in regions involved in appetite, suggesting it makes people ...

Individual claimants – of which there are 18 million – can request settlements of up to $3,000 after data was allegedly ...

BBC Global spoke with expert Elizabeth Toomarian to find out why the human brain has difficulty processing very large numbers ...

Neurologists know that exercise benefits the brain by increasing blood flow and ferrying oxygen to it. Even a small dose of ...

NUS researchers have demonstrated a single, standard silicon transistor can function like a biological neuron and synapse ...