Stimulating the brain with electric currents improves mathematical problem-solving abilities in young adults, according to a new study.

Neurosurgeon Dr Brian outlines the brain's process during coffee consumption, highlighting the different parts that get activated during the coffee experience.

Visual auras, like those that occur in migraines, may be signs of small injuries to the brain’s visual cortex, according to a clinical trial at UC San Francisco that tracked the appearance of these ...

Viewing art is good for us, but new research may now tell us why — and that therapeutic uses may be better than previously ...

The CBI has launched an investigation into the custodial death of Ajith Kumar, a temple guard from Tamil Nadu. This action ...

Answering the question of when consciousness emerges is deeply tied to the mystery of what it actually is and how it can be ...

This is an important study that combines replications of findings and novel detailed MRI investigations to assess the impact of environmental enrichment and maternal behavior on mice brain structure ...

The inferior nucleus is reciprocally connected to striate and extrastriate cortices, the lateral nucleus is connected to association cortices in temporal and parietal lobes (although it is also ...

Dopamine doesn’t flood the brain as once believed – it fires in exact, ultra-fast bursts that target specific neurons. The ...

The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the cerbrum contains less than 20 percent of the neurons in our brain. Eighty ...

The brain doesn't merely register time—it structures it, according to new research from the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience published in Science.