We usually don't think much about it, but our brain is pretty amazing! This three-pound organ is in charge of everything—from our thoughts and memories to our emotions and decision-making. And yet, ...

THE HUMAN brain—the enigmatic organ of thought—is the most intricate object in the universe, a tangled orchestra of hundreds of billions of cells generating precise electrical impulses that make up a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — New findings from studies in both people and animals are revealing clues about how sensory information and cognitive processes interact in the brain to produce our perception of the ...

We’ll begin the second part of this list with what I’m going to call the ultimate neuroscience of sleep book – and I say that as someone who’s read a few. What separates this book from many others is ...

More than ten percent of the cerebral cortex is involved in processing information about our sense of touch—a larger area than previously thought. This is the result of a joint study by researchers ...

An encouraging pat on the back or a soft sweater on the skin - even things that we do not actively explore with the hands, we perceive with our body perception. Which brain areas are responsible for ...

Starting off this year’s must-read list is a little book that delivers a powerful message about the insidiousness of addiction. Its author, Judith Grisel, is a recovered addict turned neuroscientist ...

More than ten percent of the cerebral cortex are involved in processing information about our sense of touch -- a larger area than previously thought. An encouraging pat on the back or a soft sweater ...