Does string theory—the controversial “theory of everything” from physics—tell us anything about consciousness and the human ...

People with exceptionally sharp minds often don’t stand out in obvious ways. Neuroscience suggests their intelligence shows ...

Most of us know the feeling: maybe it is making a difficult phone call, starting a report you fear will be criticized, or ...

Dopamine neurons in the midbrain may, with aging, be increasingly susceptible to a vicious spiral of decline driven by fuel shortages, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine (NY, USA) ...

Representing the brain as a complex network typically involves approximations of both biological detail and network structure. Here, we discuss the sort of biological detail that may improve network ...

Johns Hopkins University's School of Medicine and Krieger School of Arts and Sciences are collaborating on a new cross-university department of neuroscience that will leverage the expertise of brain ...

Neuroscience research shows that with repeated exposure to high-stakes situations, the brain begins to adapt. The prefrontal cortex — the region most responsible for planning, focus and ...