A new way of mapping activity and connections between different regions of the brain has revealed fresh insights into how higher order functions like language, thought and attention, are organized. A ...

Anthony Leonardo is a neuroscientist at Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s research facility who has created an environment to track dragonflies’ neuron transmissions. This research will enable him to ...

Our brains have to do a lot of work when we watch a movie. There are plots to follow, dialogue to interpret, visuals to take in, and more. Now, scientists have created a detailed map of how the human ...

A specialized model used by researchers is becoming a valuable tool for studying human brain development, diseases and potential treatments, according to a team of scientists at Rutgers University-New ...

The field of cognitive neuroscience has increasingly turned its attention to the detrimental effects of hypoxia on brain and cognitive functions. While significant progress has been made in ...

A new study identifies molecular factors that promote small vessel disease—and an active drug that can restore impaired ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...

A Japanese research team has successfully reproduced the human neural circuit in vitro using multi-region miniature organs ...

To navigate something as complex and dynamic as the brain, a map would help. Researchers have learned an enormous amount about how we think, what drives our behaviors, and why we feel the way we do ...

New research suggests the human brain has five distinct ages, and it may not reach adulthood until a person's early 30s.

Thought LeadersSusan MagsamenFounder & Director, The International Arts + Mind LabJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine NewsMedical spoke with Susan Magsamen, Executive Director of the ...

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