The precentral gyrus plays a role in controlling voluntary movement by sending motor commands to muscles. The postcentral gyrus is responsible for processing sensory input from the body, including ...

This Is Your Brain on Revenge The neuroscience of vengeance shows that it can be as addictive as drugs—and forgiveness works like detox. By James Kimmel Jr. Share ...

Left and right brains hear speech differently, yet how this divide forms was unclear − until mouse studies showed each hemisphere runs on its own developmental clock.

Brain rot, a phrase popular among Gen Z and Alpha, is also a notably self-deprecating term, Benjamin K. Johnson, Ph.D., an associate professor of advertising at the University of Florida, tells ...

Exposure to an enriched environment increases neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of adult rodents. Environmental enrichment, however, typically consists of many components, such as expanded ...

June 9, 2025 — A breakthrough study from Keck Medicine of USC may have found a powerful new triple therapy for glioblastoma, one of the deadliest brain cancers. By combining Tumor Treating ...

A healthy Texas woman, 71, died from Naegleria fowleri, or brain-eating amoeba, after using a nasal irrigation device with tap water. Health officials warn that rinsing sinuses or nasal passages ...

Spending time in nature is important for your mental health. But studies show that even just listening to birds singing can ease symptoms of anxiety and depression. A European robin, Erithacus ...

Billy Joel’s first wife shares where she stands with the musician as he battles rare brain disorder By Nicki Gostin Published June 6, 2025, 1:26 p.m. ET ...

Certain ventral occipito-temporal areas of the human brain, centered around the fusiform gyrus, are shown by functional imaging to respond more strongly to faces than to other classes of visual ...

June 30, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered a surprising sugar-related mechanism inside brain cells that could transform how we fight Alzheimer’s and other dementias. It turns out neurons don ...