A newly identified gene mutation may help explain why schizophrenia patients struggle to update their understanding of ...

The term “brain tumor” carries a particularly scary connotation. And if you’re a fan of TV medical dramas, you may think they’re quite common. However, less than 1% of Americans are living with a ...

While cannabis has recently come under fire for potential negative health risks, a recent study suggests that its use could increase brain volume and cognitive fitness. Researchers at the University ...

If you've ever considered practicing meditation, you might believe you should relax, breathe, and empty your mind of distracting thoughts. Novices tend to think of meditation as the brain at rest, but ...

Pass the pot to Grandma — her brain might thank you. A new study is challenging long-held assumptions about cannabis, finding that middle-aged and older adults who use the drug may actually see some ...

The idea that the human brain is divided into a logical left half and a creative right half has become one of the most enduring metaphors in psychology and popular culture. While this simplification ...

New experiments reveal how astrocytes tune neuronal activity to modulate our mental and emotional states. The results suggest that neuron-only brain models, such as connectomes, leave out a crucial ...

Senior Lecturer in Neurosciences and Neurorehabilitation, Course Leader in the College of Health and Life Sciences, London South Bank University For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that ...

Children can live and even thrive after hemispherectomies due to brain plasticity, and split brain experiments reveal unique cognition. What Donald Trump's new retirement plans mean for millions of ...

What would it mean to simulate a human brain? Today’s most powerful computing systems now contain enough computational firepower to run simulations of billions of neurons, comparable to the ...

From fast nerve signals to microbial metabolites, scientists are uncovering the biological conversations between the gut and brain that may explain chronic pain, weight gain, and neurodegenerative ...

In findings that raise a variety of questions about how our brains work, and even about the nature of consciousness, UC Santa Barbara researchers and collaborators report that only a small section of ...