A global study reveals that our most emotionally resonant music tends to come from our teenage years—typically peaking around ...

A new study reveals that sleep-like slow-wave brain activity can persist for years in surgically disconnected brain ...

A new study reveals that most people fail to recognize racial bias embedded in AI systems, even when it is visible in the training data.

A new study has identified a mutation in the TREM2 gene that disrupts the brain’s ability to clear toxic amyloid plaques, increasing Alzheimer’s disease risk.

A new study reveals that older adults are more likely than younger people to interpret ambiguous facial expressions as happy ...

An international research team has mapped the millisecond-by-millisecond process by which nerve signals activate muscles, uncovering a previously unseen “primed” intermediate step.

Researchers have identified a new genetic cause of hereditary optic atrophy—a condition that leads to gradual vision loss—by discovering a previously unknown mutation in the PPIB gene. T ...

New research reveals that child maltreatment leaves measurable biological “scars” on DNA, altering brain structure and function.

A new study reveals that an overgrowth of Candida albicans, a common gut fungus, may alter the brain’s dopamine reward circuitry and influence alcohol consumption.

New research shows that neighborhood conditions — from pollution and housing to economic opportunity — may directly affect ...

very image we see and every sound we hear is encoded in the brain through the activation of tiny processing units called neurons – nerve cells that are ten times smaller than a human hair. The human ...