Meanwhile, studies for decades (including one in 1971) have shown that people and animals ... that the brain accomplishes the "handoff" from one hemisphere to the other much like two cellular ...

People have a lot of misconceptions about what the brain's left and right hemispheres do, but one well-known aspect of this division may be even more true than people realize: The brain not only ...

Many grooves and dimples on the surface of the brain are unique to humans, but they're often dismissed as an uninteresting ...

Many of us as children may have wondered what's going on inside the mind of an animal—what are they thinking and feeling?

Research reveals key brain differences between Asian and African elephants, offering insights into intelligence, behavior, ...

The smallest grooves on the brain's surface, unique to humans, have largely been ignored by anatomists, but recent studies show that they're related to cognitive performance, including face ...

We are philosophers who study consciousness, and in our recent research we worked with other scientists to explore what the ...

A new method developed by researchers at the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, could soon unlock the ...

However, this trait is one of the most common signs of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) — the most common neurodegenerative ...