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 ...

A new study from CNRS in Toulouse reveals surprising risks linked to vegan diets during pregnancy. Researchers discovered ...

Dr Eben Alexander was a neurosurgeon of 25 years when he fell into a coma in 2008 and claimed to have visited the afterlife - ...

Dr Eben Alexander used to believe that near-death experiences were the result of the brain misfiring under stress, but all ...

A neurosurgeon who firmly believed in things like logic, science and reason is now convinced that consciousness can exist ...

The speed at which you walk can reveal profound insights into your brain's rate of ageing – with slower walkers having ...

The neocortex is particularly interesting to study, because this region of the brain is what distinguishes mammal brains from those of other vertebrates, said Dr. Mariela Petkova, a research ...

A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston started by recording brain activity in a portion of the mouse’s visual cortex roughly the size of a grain of salt while it watched ...

This region in the bird brain, the dorsal ventricular ridge (DVR), seemed to be comparable to a neocortex; it just didn’t look like it. In 1969, Karten wrote a “very influential paper that completely ...

In a study published Thursday, scientists said they have identified how the brain overcomes an instinctive fear, offering clues that could benefit people who struggle with fear-related disorders ...