One VR project creates a three-dimensional, interactive model of a human brain that students can move and manipulate.

Bruce Willis, one of Hollywood’s biggest action stars, is facing a sharp decline in health due to frontotemporal dementia.

Waking from non-REM sleep, in contrast, is more of a gradual process – and it has an extra step, with alertness starting slowly in a central “hub” in the brain. It’s only after that that the standard ...

Researchers have discovered the brain uses fat the same way muscles do — as an alternative fuel to glucose — going against ...

Previous theories, most notably the Central Governor Model developed by researchers at the University of Cape Town and ...

Medicine has really come a long way from the times in the past where you would, at best, get some herbs and a prayer if you ...

Your love for animals and your taste for meat may be at odds—and your brain has a secret way of making that feel okay.

New brain imaging research shows that optimistic people think more alike than pessimists—literally. The study offers insight ...

The idea that diet sodas can help you lose weight is becoming increasingly complicated as emerging research suggests they may confuse the brain—and trigger an urge to eat.

Uri Manor’s own hearing loss may not have originally inspired his research path, but his work on the topic now may lead to ...

MIT researchers employed a novel application of tools and analysis to show that astrocytes ensure neural information ...

This remarkable study, based on data from its Global Mind Project involving more than 100,000 young people, found that ...