Understanding how our brain interprets social hierarchy or facial emotions may be key to advancing our knowledge of anxiety and mood disorders. This is the aim of the project led by researcher Maya ...

Understanding how our brain interprets social hierarchy or facial emotions may be key to advancing our knowledge of anxiety and mood disorders. This ...

Researchers have uncovered how primate brains transform flat, 2D visual inputs into rich, 3D mental representations of ...

As the days grow shorter, many animals prepare for the approaching winter by suspending reproduction. Insects, for example, ...

The anterior frontal lobes perform less obvious functions than other parts of the brain and in the past were regarded by some surgeons as expendable for daily functions, said Dr. Shibata.

Certain patterns of brain activity during awakening correlate with a lower likelihood of the bleary-eyed state called ‘sleep ...

According to Dr. Karolina Armonaitė, a neuroscientist from Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania, a more precise understanding of what happens in different areas of the cerebral cortex during ...

The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the cerbrum contains less than 20 percent of the neurons in our brain. Eighty ...

Sleep disorders and sleep deprivation demonstrated brain convergences on the right side, suggesting an association with brain asymmetry.

Scientists have created the most detailed 3D map of a mouse brain ever produced, a milestone that could revolutionize research on brain disorders, neural circuits, and even future surgical precision.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is linked to difficulties in understanding emotions and intentions from body cues. However, ...