Explore the science behind why we always have room for dessert, even after a full meal, and the brain's sugar cravings.

Your brain’s natural rinse cycle flows while you sleep. A new study suggests certain medications interfere with that ...

Scientists have discovered a fascinating link between creativity and cognitive impairment. In addition to producing art and ...

Our study investigated the brain circuits involved in psychosis-a condition characterized by delusions, hallucinations, ...

Understanding why we always have room for dessert could lead to new treatments for obesity, researchers have revealed.

Researchers identified two brain areas in mice that helped the animals learn to suppress their instinctive fears of predators ...

A new study found that the brain may contain higher levels of microplastics, equivalent to the amount found in a standard ...

Human brains today contain 50% more plastic than in 2016, a new study found. Brain of people diagnosed with dementia had the ...

Imagine seeing a furry, four-legged animal that meows. Mentally, you know what it is, but the word "cat" is stuck on the tip of your tongue.

Mount SInai researchers identified the cortical amygdala – an olfactory cortical structure – as a key brain region in ...

Learn more about a recent study that found using generative AI platforms like ChatGPT can make your brain less adept at ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...