Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the human brain supports numerous advanced capabilities for centuries. The ...

The human brain is constantly processing information that unfolds at different speeds—from split-second reactions to sudden ...

Animals that navigate extreme conditions and environments have evolved to sleep in extreme ways. For a long time, scientists could only make educated guesses about when wild animals were sleeping.

Science Corporation, founded by Neuralink’s first president, Max Hodak, has unveiled a prototype machine to extend the life ...

Experts break down how perimenopause and menopause affect the brain and how to support it through these changes.

Last week, I engaged with ChatGPT in exploring the implications of psychiatrist, neuroscientist and philosopher Dr. Iain McGilchrist’s profoundly humanistic work on brain function and the role of the ...

The brain divides vision between its two hemispheres-what's on your left is processed by your right hemisphere and vice versa-but your experience with every bike or bird that you see zipping by is ...

Picture this: you’re drifting off to sleep, but instead of closing both eyes, you keep one wide open, scanning for danger while the other half of your brain rests. Sounds like something out of a ...

Posterior Quadrant Disconnection is a surgical technique designed to suppress seizure propagation while preserving motor and sensory functions in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. Although ...

How you process language is influenced by how each side of your brain developed in early life. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Images Your brain breaks apart fleeting streams of acoustic ...

Some of the most complex cognitive functions are possible because different sides of your brain control them. Chief among them is speech perception, the ability to interpret language. In people, the ...

Remember jumping rope on the playground? That simple activity you enjoyed as a kid turns out to be one of the most powerful brain-boosting exercises you can do. While most people pick up a jump rope ...