It was an exciting moment when, accompanied by Amber, Leigh returned to Miami a spring day in 2015 to undergo brain imaging. We had decided to use regular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as well as ...

A recent study provides new evidence on the neural basis of shyness, suggesting a link between this personality trait and ...

In recent decades, neuroscience has seen some stunning advances, and yet a critical part of the brain remains a mystery. I am referring to the cerebellum, so named for the Latin for “little brain,” ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In recent decades, neuroscience has seen some stunning advances, and yet a critical part of the brain remains a mystery. I am referring ...

Drinking alcohol can also cause both short term and long term changes to your brain. Here’s what you need to know.

Your brain does all kinds of strange things. Neuroscientist Heather Berlin explains how it works. Your brain does all kinds of strange things — and neuroscientist Heather Berlin wants to explain how ...

Using an ultra-high-resolution imaging technology called 7 Tesla functional MRI (fMRI) on human participants, researchers ...

After 150 years of mystery, neuroscience has finally cracked the code on how language works in the brain—and the answer is surprisingly elegant.

Scientists have identified neurons in an evolutionarily ancient part of the brain that control when you stop eating a meal — ...