We usually don't think much about it, but our brain is pretty amazing! This three-pound organ is in charge of everything—from our thoughts and memories to our emotions and decision-making. And yet, ...

The brain is our body’s command center, the control tower for our body and mind—no wonder it’s the focus of intense research across the globe, with so much interest in figuring out the mysteries of ...

A new Genomic Press Interview with Prof. Dr. Paul Lucassen shares insights from his research spanning 30 years in which he ...

How the human brain organizes its visual memories through precise neural timing has been discovered. Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC; CA, USA) have made a significant ...

According to the researchers: Childhood brain topology reaches a turning point at age 9, transitioning to the adolescent ...

Learn how the brain sorts fleeting moments from lasting memories using a multi-stage molecular process.

A study offers a glimpse of how the brain turns experience into emotion. In mice and humans, puffs of air to the eye caused persistent changes in brain activity, suggesting an emotional response. Get ...

This story is part of The Trip, a CPR News series on Colorado’s new psychedelic movement. Early research indicates that the psilocybin found in psychedelic mushrooms could be beneficial in treating ...

In a previous mouse study, the same research team found a protein in the brain called Rap1, which impacted how glucose is ...

The study shows how the brain quickly sorts odors using fast rhythms and later decides whether each smell feels pleasant or ...

Alcohol can impair your ability to think, damage your brain cells, and increase your risk of long-term conditions such as memory loss and addiction. You may think of alcohol as a way to unwind or ...