A new study sheds new light on these big questions, illuminating a general principle of neural processing in a mysterious region of the midbrain that is the very origin of our central serotonin (5-HT) ...

Great thinking feels hard for a reason. Mental fatigue signals growth—and there are ways to train your brain to think sharper, deeper, and stronger over time.

Devil May Cry does not reach the heights of the best Netflix video game shows like Castlevania or Cyberpunk Edgerunners. But if the entirety of its first season were like its second half – which ...

"Natural elements like sunlight, greenery, and birdsong have measurable effects on brain chemistry and emotional wellbeing. Even brief exposures to nature can help to restore focus and reduce ...

Made up of a complex network of cells called neurons, the brain is the body's most complicated organ, and also the most important. This massive ball of tissue inside your skull is responsible for ...

At least five nurses working on the same floor of a Boston-area hospital have been diagnosed with brain tumors, and they're looking for answers. The nurse's union at the hospital, the ...

Heavy drinking is associated with increased risk of a type of brain injury linked with memory and thinking problems. That’s according to a new study in which researchers defined heavy drinking ...

“I’m almost certain that the goal is privatization,” one 15-year veteran of the agency tells the Daily Beast. Special Correspondent Rennie Glasgow took a pay cut when he left a job in sales ...

Scientists have recreated in a laboratory the sensory pathway that transmits feelings of pain to the human brain, in a breakthrough that could lead to better treatments. A team at Stanford ...

Allen Institute researchers Leila Elabbady and Clay Reid examine brain mapping data from the MICrONS project. (Allen Institute Photo) Researchers say they’ve accomplished a feat that was said to ...

Researchers have created the largest and most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian brain so far, by mapping cells in 1 cubic millimetre of a mouse’s brain tissue 1. In a landmark achievement ...