Twelve laboratories around the world have joined forces to map neuronal activity in a mouse’s brain as it makes decisions.

The extraordinary evolution of humans is often exemplified by two defining traits: large brains and highly dexterous hands.

MRI-powered fluid flow mapping that reveals where the cancer is likely to invade next. The innovation is now being advanced ...

Countering the idea of large-scale rewiring, women whose hands were removed retained durable brain activity patterns linked to their missing fingers.

Newly discovered fossils in Ethiopia show that Homo coexisted with Australopithecus 2.6 million years ago, rewriting the timeline of human evolution. Far from a straight line, early human history was ...

Lateralization of the brain—the tendency for the left and right hemispheres to specialize in different functions—underlies ...

We take our understanding of where we are for granted, until we lose it. When we get lost in nature or a new city, our eyes ...

Iron overload may drive neurodegeneration by inducing oxidative stress, exacerbating amyloid toxicity, disrupting tau protein ...

The idea that people are strictly left-brained or right-brained personalities is a popular myth. Science shows the brain ...