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

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 ...

New research published in Nature Communications sheds light on what happens in the brain during moments of sudden insight — ...

A mechanism involving potassium channels in the brain that control brain cell activity could provide a new and fundamentally ...

In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from Duke University and Germany’s Humboldt and Hamburg ...

Whenever something bad happens to us, brain systems responsible for mediating emotions kick in to prevent it from happening again. When we get stung by a wasp, the association between pain and wasps ...

Ever wonder why one song can lift your spirits while another brings you to tears? Here's how to use that power on purpose to ...

OCD keeps your brain wired—even when you're exhausted. Learn why sleep is so disrupted for people with obsessive-compulsive ...

Researchers from the lab led by Prof. Joris De Wit (VIB-KU Leuven) have discovered an important clue to how connections ...