Q&A: One of the Brains behind the China Brain Project
A leader of the recently announced effort describes its goal of helping the world’s aging population find desperately needed treatments for psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases...
A leader of the recently announced effort describes its goal of helping the world’s aging population find desperately needed treatments for psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases...
Scientists uncover how non-neuronal cells induce synaptic plasticity in pain circuits, potentially across long distances
Erik Vance explains the science behind the mind’s mending powers in his new book, Suggestible You
Researchers identify a brain area activated by both tickling and play in happy rats
Stunning images from an annual competition reveal the beauty of a complex science
A guardian can give the go-ahead, and despite some critiques of the practice, it can be done ethically
Finding signs of consciousness among severely brain-injured patients is medically challenging—and morally imperative
The progressive neurological disorder involves inflammation in the brain
Two thirds of teens leave a device on while sleeping in bed at night
During microsleep, the entire brain nods off so briefly that we often don’t notice it. Now research shows that individual neurons in the brain can slumber, too, especially when we are sleep-deprived ...
A lesion study tracks an acquired inability to perceive music to the brain’s right-hemisphere
The brain reacts oddly to stimuli in sync with the heart
Ibogaine, an anti-addiction drug that is illegal in the U.S., could cure more drug users than any other treatment—or kill them
Metformin may slow or reverse dementia and cognitive impairment, even in nondiabetics
Scientific American Mind weighs in on recent titles from neuroscience and psychology
Researchers unravel how new neurons connect to existing neural networks
A surprising visual advantage might help lead to better and speedier diagnosis
New research suggests sleep doesn’t just help learning, it helps “relearning” as well
One heading session may result in temporary memory impairment
Neural responses decline after repeated acts of dishonesty, research suggests
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