As people drift into sleep, their brains do not shut down all at once. Instead, different brain regions change their activity ...

A new study reveals that a connection between the body and mind is built into the structure of the brain. The study shows that parts of the brain area that controls movement are plugged into networks ...

Michael Mauk and his team have made a discovery that adds an important detail to a computer simulation of the part of our brains called the cerebellum that directs many of the movements we make often.

The limbic system of the human brain controls emotions. While researchers don’t know all the structures within it, some key parts include the amygdala, hippocampus, limbic cortex, and hypothalamus.

A new brain-computer interface application that allows music to be composed by the power of thought has now been developed by scientists. Brain-computer interfaces, known as BCI, can replace bodily ...

Scientists have unveiled a groundbreaking preliminary atlas charting the intricate development of brain cells from early ...

At a talk Thursday evening, CU Boulder researcher Karen Boyd spoke about two of her studies on American Sign Language (ASL) conducted with colleagues in linguistics and psychology American Sign ...

You spent Sunday on the couch, skimming your social feeds and watching HGTV. Monday at work was a different story; your job involves creative problem solving and other difficult mental activities.

Sensory memories are stored for a few seconds at most. They come from the five senses: hearing, vision, touch, smell, and taste. They are stored only for as long as the sense is being stimulated. They ...

Watching pornography would seem to be a vision-intensive task. But new research finds that looking at erotic movies can actually quiet the part of the brain that processes visual stimuli. Most of the ...