The cover of the new book "Whole-brain modeling. Cartography of the dynamics of mind" poses the central question of what ...

Scientists rebuilt human brain circuits in the lab and discovered that the thalamus acts as a central organizer of cortical wiring. The findings offer new insight into how brain networks form and why ...

Learning to read reshapes how the brain processes language. New research from Baycrest and the University of São Paulo shows that learning to read fundamentally changes how the brain responds to ...

Here are 10 extraordinary novels known for shifting perspectives and altering how readers think, feel, and process the world.

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...

Writing is hard. Writing books is harder. So as a mere plebeian author interviewing Dan Brown for the first time, I needed to know: After you’ve sold 200 million books, does it get any easier? “It’s ...

Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — a ...

The results illustrate a stark divide. People in the top 10% of enrichment scores saw a 38% lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. “Our findings are encouraging, suggesting that consistently ...