Researchers have now discovered that HAR123, a regulatory gene sequence, is an important factor in human brain development.

New research links an ancient DNA sequence to neuron growth, brain-cell balance, and a cognitive flexibility trait that may ...

Miniature models of the brain have revealed a "previously unappreciated" role of microglia, a type of cell found within the ...

Studying the process of brain formation illuminates just how much of development is a series of tiny miracles. Only a few ...

While there is a vast amount of information about the human brain and how it develops and works, much of the organ is still ...

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have identified specific neural connections that are especially sensitive to learning about causality. The discovery, while seemingly intuitive, could have ...

When the mind goes blank it often feels like someone pulled the plug on your thoughts. One moment you are speaking, working, ...

A revolutionary AI robot with a human brain has shocked the world, marking a stunning achievement in artificial intelligence.

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

"Although the cerebral cortex becomes thinner overall, some of its layers remain stable or, surprisingly, are even thicker ...

When we lose ourselves in nature, art, or meditation, the brain is reshaped, changing how we sense, remember, and feel.