Understanding how the brain creates conscious experience remains one of science’s most difficult challenges. Brain scans and ...

Learn how a new research roadmap could turn debates about consciousness into testable experiments.

This news may put some minds at ease. “Our test identifies very early stages of tau tangle formation — up to a decade before any tau clumps can show up on a brain scan,” said senior study author ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Have you ever been stuck on a problem, puzzling over something for what felt like ages without getting anywhere, but then suddenly the answer came to you like a bolt from the blue?

New brain imaging research shows grip strength is linked to activity deep in the aging brain, offering clues to early ...

A team of scientists has identified areas of the brain that are activated when a person becomes aware of themself and their thoughts. This enigmatic process appears to be controlled by the thalamus, a ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- According to the Centers for Disease Control, 50% of concussions go unreported. That's scary to think about because there are millions of traumatic brain injury (TBI) ...

Social feedback shapes human behavior and self-perception in profound ways. New research suggests that the personality trait of modesty alters how the human brain processes these social evaluations.

This news may put some minds at ease. Alzheimer’s disease — which affects an estimated 7 million Americans — is notoriously ...