Published January 7 in the journal Nature, one paper tackled the age-old problem of nature’s construction with a bit of a twist: it suggests that living networks, like our brain, may use some of the ...

The brain’s hemispheres are specialized for efficiency. Modern neuroscience shows lateralization enhances function without ...

The human brain, as the seat of mental life—from the most complicated intellectual processes down to routine and unconscious bodily control—is necessarily enormously complex. The largest part of the ...

What is cognitive reserve and how does it allow the brain to continue functioning even in the face of age-related changes? A ...

Scientists have found a key brain network that’s disrupted by Parkinson’s disease, according to a study published today in ...

The newer parts of the brain—as well as the cerebellum—seem to expand and refine your consciousness. This means we may have to review our theories of consciousness. In turn, this may influence patient ...

The parts of the brain that are needed to remember words, and how these are affected by a common form of epilepsy, have been identified by a team of neurologists and neurosurgeons at UCL. The new ...