The results revealed that the speed of alpha brain waves in the parietal cortex plays a key role. This region of the brain ...

Navigating the world is no mean feat, especially when the world pushes back. For instance, airflow hitting a fly on its right ...

Scientists have developed a new machine learning method that reveals surprisingly consistent intrinsic brain patterns across different subjects by disentangling these patterns from the effect of ...

Consciousness researchers studying “islands of awareness” have found that disconnected brains likely sink into a strange form ...

A new study reveals that alpha brain waves help the brain decide what belongs to your body. Faster rhythms allow the brain to match sight and touch more precisely, strengthening the feeling that a ...

Researchers have discovered how two brain areas, neocortex and thalamus, work together to detect discrepancies between what animals expect from their environment and actual events. These prediction ...

The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

New research shows facial expressions are planned by the brain before movement, not automatic emotional reactions.

(l-r) David Golomb and David Kleinfeld are two of the principal investigators on a new NIH BRAIN Initiative grant. or all animals, sensory processing is a matter of survival. Sight, smell, touch, ...

An overstimulated ADHD brain can be chaotic, loud, and fatiguing. When there has been too much information all at once, the nervous system needs to be calmed. Simple, grounded techniques can help to ...