The world has changed since 1664, when French philosopher and scientist Rene Descartes first claimed the brain was responsible for the sensation of pain. However, a key question remains: How exactly ...

Findings by Hopkins researchers suggest that all humans are equipped with the foundation needed to learn programming ...

Scientists at the University of Amsterdam discovered that our brains automatically understand how we can move through different environments—whether it's swimming in a lake or walking a path—without ...

Background: Neurons have dominated neuroscience research for decades, but a growing body of evidence suggests that a group of non-neuronal brain cells called glia may play an equal or greater role in ...

How does your brain wake up from sleep? A study of more than 1,000 arousals from slumber has revealed precisely how the brain bestirs itself during the transition to alertness 1 — a finding that might ...

When a person remembers their friend telling them a funny story, they associate the sound of that friend talking with the appearance of that friend speaking and laughing. How does the human brain form ...

When a person remembers their friend telling them a funny story, they associate the sound of that friend talking with the appearance of that friend speaking and laughing. How does the human brain form ...

Taking a snippet of genetic code that is unique to humans and inserting it into mice helps the animals to grow bigger brains than usual, according to a report out in Nature today 1. The slice of code ...

Alcohol Affects the Nervous System: What effects does alcohol have on the nervous system and brain? Learn how it changes mood, thinking, and behavior. Alcohol Affects Nervous System: Have you ever ...

A man is slowly running out of words. A woman thinks she’s having an affair, with the man who is really her partner. Another appears to have lost all control over one arm and leg; they have begun to ...

Recently, Nvidia founder Jensen Huang, whose company builds the chips powering today’s most advanced artificial intelligence systems, remarked: “The thing that’s really, really quite amazing is the ...