Using rare brain recordings from patients, scientists found that the thalamus helps trigger visual awareness. The study ...

New research suggests that premature babies and even full-term newborns experience pain very differently than adults do.

A University of Surrey study reveals that gentle electric currents applied to the brain enhance maths skills in young adults.

A particular sort of dream control helps people mold their minds, practice real-life skills, and even shape their waking ...

Can a cup of peppermint tea sharpen your mind? A new study suggests it can—but not in the way scientists expected. Improved memory and attention followed the tea, but increased brain blood flow wasn't ...

We typically imagine echolocation as “seeing” with sound—experiencing auditory signals as a world of images like the ones our ...

Neurosurgeon Dr Brian outlines the brain's process during coffee consumption, highlighting the different parts that get activated during the coffee experience.

A new study reveals how the brain can make decisions based not only on direct experiences, but also on indirect associations ...

Neuroscientists want to understand how individual neurons encode information that allows us to distinguish objects, like ...

A better understanding of human smell is emerging as scientists interrogate its fundamental elements: the odor molecules that ...

The somatosensory system consists of the peripheral receptors and neural pathways through which the nervous system detects and processes information about touch (mechanoception), pain (nociception ...

How does the brain store knowledge so that you actually remember what you have learned the next day or even later? To find ...