Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and their collaborators have created one of the most comprehensive single cell maps of the developing human brain. The atlas captures nearly every cell type, ...

Vertebrates have extremely different brain sizes: even with the same body size, brain size can vary a hundredfold. As a rule, ...

According to neuroscientist Ben Rein’s new book, Why Brains Need Friends, it comes down to our brains. As he explains in the book, that grey matter in our heads is exquisitely optimized for social ...

The chocolate treat found to improve your memory as soon as you’ve eaten it - Study sheds light on why dark chocolate works ...

Think you see the world as it is? Think again. The brain’s shortcuts make us efficient—but also deeply biased.

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and their collaborators have created one of the most comprehensive single cell maps of the developing human brain. The atlas captures nearly every cell type, ...

Challenging a long-standing assumption regarding the adult brain, recent research has demonstrated that individuals can ...

The idea that creative people are “right‑brained” and logical thinkers are “left‑brained” is popular—but modern neuroscience tells a much more surprising story.

AI can help humans reach their cognitive “flow state,” says author Mithu Storoni, by balancing challenge and ability.

Scientists have built a prototype neuromorphic computer that thinks like a human brain and is faster than AI at learning new things.

The brain’s function and integrity emerge not only from properties of individual regions, but, more fundamentally, from the intricate web of connections ...

Dancing, sketching, or even playing chess online does more than lift your mood; creative activities may actually help ...