A neuroscientist survey shows that 40 percent think it might be possible to preserve a human brain, potentially well enough ...

Scientists have confirmed that spaceflight forces the brain to shift and stretch, a discovery that could change how we ...

Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

Across a typical lifetime, the human brain does not simply grow, peak, and decline. It passes through five sweeping ...

A landmark international study that pooled brain scans and memory tests from thousands of adults has shed new light on how ...

In a new study, researchers discovered that the human brain has four pivotal periods when it goes through marked changes, sparking five "epochs" that last for years. The adolescent phase, for example, ...

Researchers mapped the brain connectivity of 960 individuals to uncover how fast and slow neural processes unite to support complex behavior.

Your ability to notice what matters visually comes from an ancient brain system over 500 million years old.

What’s so special about the human brain? What distinguishes the human brain from the brains of other animals? These intriguing questions have been approached from many directions, but here the focus ...