How a brain's anatomical structure relates to its function is one of the most important questions in neuroscience. It explores how physical components, such as neurons and their connections, give rise ...

When we are happy, we laugh; when we are sad, we shed tears; and when we are nervous, our hearts race. Various substances ...

Have you ever seen something that doesn't quite add up? Maybe a shape in the dark resembles a face, or an orange momentarily ...

A tiny region in the brain works like a reset button that separates memory of one meaningful event from the next. Without this reset mechanism, moments could blur together and lead to the kinds of ...

As the central command centers for our bodies, our brains dictate who we are and how we live. And yet we know surprisingly little about them. While the cellular biology of this critical organ has been ...

As a parent, a spouse, and someone who works full time at my job and pretty much full time at keeping a household running, I often feel like I have 20 tabs open in my brain at once. There are always ...

What if improving children’s mental health — and life outcomes — could be done by teaching kids how their brains work? That’s a key idea behind the approach of teachers at Momentous School in Dallas, ...

Displayed on a wall in my study is a diagram taken from a children’s encyclopedia dating from the 1930s. It’s labeled “The Central Control Station of Your Body,” and consists of a cutaway view of the ...