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 ...

A new study from UC San Francisco challenges the traditional view of how the brain strings sounds together to form words and ...

The brain is one of the body’s most energy-demanding organs, accounting for 2 percent of the body’s weight but consuming 20 ...

A transverse baby lies sideways instead of head-down in the uterus. Learn what causes this position, when to talk to your provider, and how to help your baby turn naturally.

In a new Nature Physics paper, researchers report the first experimental observation of the transverse Thomson effect, a key thermoelectric phenomenon that has eluded scientists since it was predicted ...

A study found the brain adapts to conversation timescales, using overlapping systems for short exchanges and distinct ...

You are not one self, but many. Psychology and neuroscience now agree that our identity is made of parts, shaped by brain ...

Study insights could improve current understanding of neurodegenerative diseases as well as interpretations of brain scans.

The brain is one of the body’s most energy-demanding organs, accounting for 2 percent of the body’s weight but consuming 20 percent of its total energy. To stay within budget, the brain must be highly ...

All day long, our brains carry out complicated and energy-intensive tasks such as remembering, solving problems, and making decisions.

UC Berkeley scientists have developed a magnetic resonance imaging technique that tracks blood through the brain’s veins back ...