According to a study led by Dr. Javier Lazaro of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, the skulls of Eurasian shrews (Sorex araneus) shrink in anticipation...
According to a new study led by Lund University scientist Stanley Heinze, a network of compass and speed neurons in the bee brain integrates every detail...
A team of researchers from the National Institutes of Health has discovered lymphatic vessels in the dura, the leathery outer coating of the brain. Described...
Cassiopea jellyfish, a genus of true jellyfish found throughout the tropics in shallow ocean waters and mudflats, exhibit reversible behavioral quiescence...
According to a meta-analytic study published in the journal Neuropsychology Review, obsessive-compulsive disorder is not associated with a higher intelligence...
A simple smell test may one day be able to help identify people at greater risk of developing Parkinson’s disease up to 10 years before the disease could...
A recent study conducted at the University of Turku, Finland, has revealed that eating leads to the widespread opioid release in the human brain, likely...
In the largest functional brain imaging study to date, researchers have identified specific differences between the brains of females and males.
3D surface...
In a study in mice, a research team at Albert Einstein College of Medicine has found that stem cells in the hypothalamus, a region of the brain that controls...
According to new research published in the journal eLife, the dragonfly brain can perform visual tasks that were previously associated only with mammals.
Wiederman...
A recent study led by University of Illinois researchers found that middle-aged adults with higher levels of lutein — a nutrient found in green leafy...
According to new research presented at the 2017 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, the more regularly people report doing word puzzles...
An international group of researchers has created a hands-free, thought-controlled musical instrument, the encephalophone.
The encephalophone is a musical...
Playing video games may cause changes in many brain regions, according to a new review of previous research.
Palaus et al collected and summarized studies...
In a study published this week in the Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, researchers from Temple University and the Sapienza University of...
A new study led by University of Oxford researchers has found that alcohol consumption, even at moderate levels, is associated with increased risk of adverse...
