Scientists have known for more than a century that a single-celled organism with no nerve cells—much less a brain—can behave ...

If you look at a Neanderthal skull and a Homo sapiens skull, they’re visibly different: Neanderthal skulls are lower and longer, whereas ours tend to be rounder. However, those differences probably ...

Every stroke begins with a sudden interruption of blood flow in the brain. But what happens afterward—why neurons continue to ...

Neurons that fire together, wire together” is not the full story. A novel mechanism explains how the brain can learn across ...

Neurobots—xenobots with neurons—show self-organized nervous systems and enhanced behaviors, revealing new insights into how ...

A new study has found that those who smoke cannabis regularly are likely to have an altered brain structure. Shots fired, then wine grabbed at White House Correspondents' Association dinner Trump’s ...

A new study suggests a single exercise session can increase electrical “ripples” in parts of the brain that support memory and learning ability. The research recorded electrical activity directly from ...

“Our brains are very malleable,” lead researcher Erik Wing, a research associate at York University in Toronto, explained. Wait, what exactly is neuroplasticity? Neuroplasticity is basically the ...

Sitting on a park bench and observing woodpeckers could be quite beneficial, as a new study has found that bird-watching may enhance cognitive function as you age. The Canadian study was published Feb ...

Expert birdwatchers have brain differences that may underlie their remarkable ability to identify unfamiliar birds and suggest that birdwatching can reshape the brain in much the same way as learning ...

What actually happens in the brain when the heart stops? For decades, medicine has treated cardiac arrest as a near-instant boundary – circulation ceases, oxygen drops, and awareness fades within ...