The blood-brain barrier works as a border wall between the blood and the brain, allowing just certain molecules to enter the brain. Although certain substances, such as water, oxygen and alcohol ...

Navigating textual landscapes. Understanding how reading on paper is different from reading on screens requires some explanation of how the brain interprets written language.

A study of Japanese university students and recent graduates has revealed that writing on physical paper can lead to more brain activity when remembering the information an hour later. Researchers ...

Our research provides important insights into how the brain processes borders, which could lead to a better understanding of psychiatric conditions where perception is disrupted, ...

Folds up like a brain (Image: Lendon Flanagan/Getty). What does your brain have in common with a scrunched-up piece of paper? That’s no riddle: it’s the latest insight into why ...

Cramming a big brain into a skull may be as easy as just wadding it up. The same physical rules that dictate how a paper ball crumples also describe how brains get their wrinkles, scientists ...

It was even doubted whether nanoparticle entry to the brain was possible at all. With our paper, ... A Trojan horse could help get drugs past our brain's tough border patrol.