A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

You touch your face more times each day than you realise. If you do it more than usual, your body could be telling you that ...

Have you ever wondered how often you touch your face every day? Research from a German psychologist at the Ruhr University in ...

Found in a roughly 350-year-old manuscript by Dutch biologist Johannes Swammerdam, the scientific illustration shows the brain of a honeybee drone.

Neuroplasticity and sleep hygiene enhance learning, memory, and habit formation by refining cognitive maps and strengthening neural connections.

The nervous system is the body’s direct communication system. It’s made up of the body’s many nerve cells. These cells work together in a network that sends and receives signals from one ...

When a child develops a brain tumor, early diagnosis is essential. Alan Cohen, M.D., director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, shares the most common signs and symptoms ...

The stimulator sends regular, mild electrical stimulations through this nerve to help calm down the irregular electrical brain activity that leads to seizures. There are several ways to treat epilepsy ...

and relationship to MS. The trigeminal nerve is a major nerve in the head that carries signals between the brain and the face. It’s one of 12 sets of cranial nerves. The trigeminal “nerve ...

By embedding threads containing electrodes within the human brain, the company’s device allows paralyzed patients to engage with digital devices through their thoughts. Arbaugh, for example ...

and Parkinson’s disease (PD), today announced it was granted the U.S. patent covering methods for the treatment and prevention of acute brain or nerve injuries using buntanetap. This newly ...

Your brain has a lot of work to do, constantly balancing tasks while conserving energy. If you understand how the human brain decides what to pay attention to—and what to ignore—your public ...