New research suggests pregnancy doesn’t impair the brain—it reshapes it, refining memory, attention, and emotional awareness ...

New research challenges traditional views of how the brain makes decisions, suggesting that even its earliest regions play a ...

People with similar levels of autistic traits show greater social attraction to one another, and their brains synchronize in ...

A largely overlooked structure inside our cells may play a crucial role in how the brain forms, offering new insight into ...

In the second world war, the physician Henry Beecher observed that some of his soldier patients, despite being injured on the battlefield, required no strong painkillers to manage their pain. In some ...

Computer programming powers modern society and enabled the artificial intelligence revolution, but little is known about how our brains learn this essential skill. To help answer that question, Johns ...

Researchers have identified two proteins on the surface of neurons that may help drive the spread of Parkinson’s disease in ...

We don't usually realize it, but every word we speak depends on a series of complex brain processes working behind the scenes ...

New research suggests a high-fat diet can turn the vagus nerve into a microbial highway, allowing gut bacteria to breach the ...