Adapting to changing situations requires people to continuously revise their expectations about what might happen next when ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden layer of organization in the brain by creating the first detailed 3D map of its lipids, ...

The human brain is formed by a complex network of neural connections and most of them link neighboring brain regions, which are also the most studied to date. But a recent neuroscientific study by ...

Scans of 24 adults found the brain's face and voice areas each carry the other's emotional signal, and three regions use one ...

Sleep and wake: they’re totally distinct states of being that define the boundaries of our daily lives. For years, scientists have measured the difference between these instinctual brain processes by ...

Consciousness May Be 500 Million Years Old. Scientists Are Searching for It in the Brain’s Ancient Core. A research team is ...

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Key Takeaways The frontal lobe helps with thinking, planning, memory, and self-control.To keep your frontal lobe healthy, do puzzles, exercise, and learn new ...

Brain scans of more than 1,600 young people suggest that the fine-grained tissue structure of the amygdala, hippocampus, and ...

A new study that measured brain activity in 263 people with depression suggests the diagnosis we give everyone might be ...