Does the hippocampus only track location? A new study shows how the brain's memory center shifts activity between anterior ...

For most people, the sound of a knife dragging across a plate is unpleasant but forgettable. For someone with chronic back pain, that same noise can feel almost physically unbearable, and brain ...

Doomscrolling has taken over our screen time, and neuroscience shows it’s harming the brain. But Gen Z is working to take back their brains—without abandoning the digital world entirely. Qi Lang, ...

Dear Doctors: As a former NASA mission planner, I would signal a “no-go” for human colonization of the moon and Mars. The human body’s functions cannot tolerate the long-term effects of a low-gravity ...

Studies show that your brain doesn’t perceive the world exactly as it is. Instead, it “fills in gaps in perception.” The first layer of your brain’s primary visual cortex helps to decide what reality ...

"Our findings validate what many patients have been saying for years that everyday sounds genuinely feel harsher and more intense. Their brains are responding differently, in regions that process both ...

The next surprise was that human organoids just kept growing. Mouse organoids were done with making neurons within nine days.

When you’re short on sleep and your focus suddenly drifts, your brain may be briefly slipping into cleanup mode. Scientists discovered that these attention lapses coincide with waves of fluid washing ...