The cerebral cortex processes sensory information via a network of neural connections. But how are these signals adjusted to refine our perceptions? Pixabay illustration image A team from the ...

Long before humans built cities or wrote words, our ancestors may have faced a hidden threat that shaped who we became.

Every day, your brain makes thousands of decisions under uncertainty. Most of the time, you guess right. When you don't, you ...

UC San Diego researchers found that ancient hominids were widely exposed to lead, potentially hindering brain and language ...

This week, researchers reported the discovery of four Late Bronze Age stone megastructures likely used for trapping herds of ...

Previous applications of TUS were limited, as they were imprecise and too weak to target areas deeper in the brain. Parkinson ...

Every day, your brain makes thousands of decisions under uncertainty. Most of the time, you guess right. When you don't, you learn. But when the brain's ability to judge context or assign meaning ...

A new study suggests that exposure to lead may have limited brain and language development in Neanderthals, but a gene ...

Neuroscientists probing the boundary between sleep and awareness are finding many types of liminal states, which help explain ...

The finding comes from data of more than 550,000 adults ages 56 to 72, as well as genetics information from 2.4 million study ...

Lead exposure remains a public health issue around the world, even after decades of remediation efforts. According to the ...