Why Are Doctors Dissecting the Vegas Killer's Brain?
Is the apparent lack of motive driving investigators to leave no stone unturned?
Why Dolphins Get Alzheimer's
The research could be used to inform the way we test new Alzheimer's drugs in the lab.
Creative People Literally See the World Differently
Experiments show people who are more "open" are more creative, and these people have different visual experiences, experiments show.
Aaron Hernandez Suicide: A Football Brain Injury Link?
Boston University researchers will study the former New England Patriots player's brain for signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
Why Brains Are the Ultimate Security Tools
Biometric tech based on the electrical activity of the brain have shown potential to be fraud resistant.
Why We Remember Events That Happened Between 15 and 25
This is the period when we lay down memories and store information, researchers said.
What We Gain From Thinking With Our Hands
People who use their hands to help themselves think enhance their capacity to think well.
Women's Brains Are Different From Men's, Not Inferior
Brain scans are often used to prove that women are "not as good" as their male counterparts.
Magnetic Nanoparticle Pollution Found in Human Brains
It's as yet unclear what degree of risk the particles pose but researchers fear they could lead to brain diseases.
Sleep Deprivation Impacts Ability to Form Memories
Five hours of sleep loss results in loss of connectivity between neurons in the area of the brain linked with learning and memory, study shows.
How Poverty Changes the Brain
New research reveals the connection between stress, poverty and brain development in children.
Rapidly Changing Teen Brains Hold Key to Schizophrenia
The regions of the brain that have the strongest link to the schizophrenia risk genes are developing most rapidly during adolescence.
Morgellons: Skin Disease or Delusional Infestation?
"I guess it just feels like you have bugs underneath your skin, crawling around in these little tunnels."
Common Form of Head Trauma Associated With Parkinson's
In the largest study of its kind, researchers have found new evidence that strengthens the tie between brain trauma and Parkinson's disease.
Inside Footballers' Brains When They Miss Penalties
Penalty shoot-outs loom large in Euro 2016 in the knockout phases.
Prisoners' Own Brain Injuries Can Help Rehabilitation
A startling number of convicted criminals have a history of traumatic brain injury—but neither they nor their doctors nor law enforcement knows it.
Solving Paralysis Using Brain Computer Interfaces
BCI technologies are becoming powerful enough to change the way doctors think about paralysis and more.
Viral and Bacterial Links to the Brain's Decline
Research offers hints that infection could alter brain chemistry and function, but research funding is hard to achieve.
Does a Resurrected Dead Brain Have Its Old Character?
If there is limited or no psychological continuity, the original person won't benefit: They are now truly dead, since their body and brain have become a new person.
Rewiring the Human Brain Is Going Mainstream
A disregarded old technology can rewire brains and treat many cognitive and physical ailments.
Betting Big on Gene Therapy for the Brain
The decades-old treatment that was until recently thought too dangerous to work could be our only hope.
What If Broccoli Tasted Like Chocolate?
Making food palatable for people with taste loss takes the genius of both neuroscientists and top-notch chefs.
You Can Come Back From the (Brain) Dead
New technologies suggest that for years doctors have over diagnosed patients as vegetative and underestimated their ability to regain consciousness.
Doctor Ready to Perform First Human Head Transplant
Sergio Canavero is committed to proving he's not a wacky Dr. Frankenstein.
This Is Your Brain on GPS
The Human Connectome Project discovered we each have our own unique brainprint, and future work could help identify what happens when the brain breaks down.
25 Is the New 18
For years, the criminal justice system has considered anyone 18 or older an adult, but new research suggests the brain of a 23-year-old is still immature.
This Is What Your Brain on LSD Looks Like
Feeling "one with nature" or feeling the self "dissolve" is triggered when psychedelics shift the patterns of connectivity in the brain.
A Fitbit for Your Brain Is Around the Corner
Rapidly evolving EEG technology is leading neuroscientists to their holy grail: the ability to read the human mind.