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

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

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

Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute have discovered that in the cerebral cortex, synaptic signal ...

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

Mice taught to link smells with tastes, and later fear, revealed how the amygdala teams up with cortical regions to let the ...

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

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 ...

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

Intriguing and incredibly unique, Octopuses are cephalopods with three hearts that pump blue blood throughout their eight arms. These intelligent sea creatures have multiple brains. Nine, to be exact.

The devotion and camaraderie between people from different religions leave a lasting impression on B SIVAKUMAR who on his trip to Kullu and Manali visits a temple a gurdwara and a Tibetan monastery Si ...