Most of the time, you assume your brain is either “on” or “off,” awake or asleep. A new study shows something far more ...

Scientists have spent decades trying to pin down what fatigue really looks like inside the brain, but until now they have ...

Dr. Maria Margarita Behrens traces her journey from South America to the Salk Institute in a Genomic Press Interview ...

When a baby smiles at you, it's almost impossible not to smile back. This spontaneous reaction to a facial expression is part ...

The idea of “reading minds” has shifted from science fiction to a concrete engineering challenge, and the latest breakthroughs suggest the brain’s private code is finally yielding. Researchers are not ...

Facial expression control starts in a very old part of the nervous system. In the brain stem sits the facial nucleus, which ...

Researchers have discovered a brain activity pattern that can predict which people with mild cognitive impairment are likely ...

Maternal gut–immune stress shapes fetal brain development differently in males and females, revealing sex-specific pathways ...

A new brain device from Northwestern University is asking a daring question: what if information could reach your brain ...

When a baby smiles at you, it's almost impossible not to smile back. This spontaneous reaction to a facial expression is part ...