Understanding how the brain creates conscious experience remains one of science’s most difficult challenges. Brain scans and ...

We usually don't think much about it, but our brain is pretty amazing! This three-pound organ is in charge of everything—from our thoughts and memories to our emotions and decision-making. And yet, ...

We don't precisely know how the physical matter in our brains translates into thoughts, sensations, and feelings. But an ...

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A sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain ...

Attention can feel like a fragile thing, especially when your brain struggles to sort signal from noise. Every second, your ...

For decades, the idea that creativity comes from the right side of the brain has dominated popular culture. People have been told they're either "right-brained" (creative, intuitive) or "left-brained" ...

Alzheimer’s disease has long looked like a slow-motion wildfire, starting in one part of the brain and then advancing along ...