The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ that supports numerous sophisticated behaviors and abilities that are ...

Researchers used miniature human brains grown in the lab to uncover why certain genetic mutations lead to abnormally small ...

A microscopic flaw in the brain’s cellular scaffolding can shape brain size for life.

In early older adulthood, modularity increases as the brain becomes more divided into specialized clusters that communicate less frequently with one another. This shift toward greater ...

We have long believed that brain growth stops and aging begins once we pass the age of 20. However, a study by British ...

If you search for "left brain vs. right brain" on YouTube, it's not long before you'll find yourself in a vortex of weird claims and outlandish hype. For decades, pop psychology books and web videos ...

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...

The moment a person steps off the street and into a restaurant - to take just one example - the brain mentally starts a new "chapter" of the day, a change that causes a big shift in brain activity.

Mindset and expectations, not just the external environment, shape the 'table of contents' into which our brains organize the day. The moment a person steps off the street and into a restaurant -- to ...

Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a new study. Overall, cadaver ...