The brain is the part of the central nervous system that is contained within the skull. It is responsible for executive and cognitive functions and regulates the functioning of the other parts of ...

New research sheds light on the intricate relationship between overthinking and the brain's fear-processing center, known as the amygdala. The study, published in Science Advances, reveals constant ...

The study was published Nov. 22 in the journal Science Advances. In the first study of its kind to map with functional magnetic resonance imaging the details of the brain’s social cognitive network, ...

Human adolescence marks a crucial phase of extensive brain development, highly susceptible to environmental influences. Employing brain age estimation to assess ...

Analysis of human brain tissue revealed differences in how immune cells behave in brains with Alzheimer's disease compared to healthy brains, indicating a potential new treatment target. University of ...

A groundbreaking study has found that cells outside the brain may have memory functions, challenging the long-held belief that memory is exclusive to brain cells. Researchers demonstrated that ...

Specifically, we wanted to understand what happens in the brain while a person engages in abstract and demanding thought—so we designed a study involving math expertise. If you're enjoying this ...

What Is a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)? A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an injury to your brain, often caused by a blow to the head. TBIs can damage nerve cells and cause bleeding or swelling in ...

The researchers say their discovery, reported in the journal Nature, could be a sort of 'Rosetta Stone' for determining the evolutionary origins of the modern avian brain. The fossil fills a 70 ...

New insights into the brain could pave the way for targeted treatments for anxiety, depression, and other mental health conditions. In a groundbreaking study, scientists at the University of ...

Cardiac arrest (when the heart stops beating) interrupts circulation, causing brain cells to start dying in less than five minutes of the brain going without needed oxygen in the blood. The ...