Does your brain really reveal the metaphysical? Here’s what brain science can—and cannot—tell us about immortality.

Emotional intelligence is no longer enough — "neurointelligence" is the leadership skill the AI age actually demands.

Scientists trained mice to experience placebo pain relief, then traced the effect to a brain circuit that releases the body’s ...

Only one has been shown in clinical trials to slow cognitive aging, by about two years. This is what the science says about ...

Computer programming powers modern society and enabled the artificial intelligence revolution, but little is known about how our brains learn this essential skill. To help answer that question, Johns ...

People with high levels of psychopathic tendencies are often incapable of feeling empathy for other people. From a brain ...

A new study from Austrian researchers suggests the brain begins life with an overly dense and disorganised network of ...

A collage of neurons in the mouse hippocampus, stained with tracer dyes. (© Jose Guzman/Jonas group) A strange mouse study ...

A study of people who underwent surgery to treat epilepsy suggests the hippocampus may process words and speech when people ...

Scientists have discovered a way to help the brain clean itself of harmful Alzheimer’s plaques by activating its own support cells. By increasing a protein called Sox9, researchers were able to boost ...

For decades, Alzheimer’s disease has been seen as a brain disorder caused by toxic protein buildup, but new research suggests ...