Contrary to what is often believed, our vision does not passively capture the world like a camera. Neuroscientists have ...

The study shows how the brain quickly sorts odors using fast rhythms and later decides whether each smell feels pleasant or unpleasant.

Cambridge neuroscientists discover five distinct stages of brain development from birth to 90, revealing key turning points ...

New research has charted the major developmental stages in the brain’s wiring—from early-life pruning to late-life network ...

MIT scientists found that what we see is strongly influenced by how alert or active we are. Parts of the brain responsible ...

It's a myth that we use only 10% of our brains. However, you're not alone in buying into this. A survey done about 10 years ago found that almost two-thirds of Americans shared this misconception.

New research suggests the human brain has five distinct ages, and it may not reach adulthood until a person's early 30s.

A new brain implant stands to transform human-computer interaction and expand treatment possibilities for neurological ...

Thanks to medical advances, more of us will live to be 100 and beyond, but our peak brain performance comes, at best, at about half that age. These startling statistics beg the question: Are we ...

"Using brain-machine interface technology to directly write in information to the brain... as in The Matrix... it’s complicated." Reading time 13 minutes It was a work night in the Trump era, and I ...