Lateralization of the brain—the tendency for the left and right hemispheres to specialize in different functions—underlies ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped how nearly an entire mammalian brain lights up as decisions are made. The massive ...

A new study has identified a key brain hub in the medial prefrontal cortex that regulates stress responses and social ...

A digital atlas of every cell in a developing marine worm reveals how networks across the body coordinate sensing and movement, and provides insights into the evolution of the nervous system.

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study published in Cell Genomics, researchers at Lund University in Sweden show ...

Data from a new study links a pair of duplicated genes to human brain features. The research provides a roadmap for scientists to gain a deeper understanding of brain function and evolution, as ...

Hormone cycles shape the structure and function of key memory regions in the brain Date: May 13, 2025 Source: University of California - Santa Barbara Summary: Hormone levels fluctuate like the ...

The way neurons inside the human brain function and communicate is being used as a roadmap for creating new artificial systems.

In our study, we compared these connectivity fingerprints across the human, chimpanzee and macaque monkey brain. The chimpanzee is, together with the bonobo, our closest living relative. The ...

Human brains today contain 50% more plastic than in 2016, a new study found. Brain of people diagnosed with dementia had the most.