You have a brain with billions of neurons. You have thoughts, and you do things because of those thoughts. But how do tiny cells translate into thoughts and actions? The Brain Activity Map ...

What does your mind look like? A new book, Portraits of the Mind by Carl Schoonover, looks at how scientists have visualised the brain through the centuries.

Technology is aiding research in autism, meditation and beyond UC Davis brain researchers are exploring how kids with autism do math and what happens when Buddhist monks meditate. Functional magnetic ...

“Without energy, the brain is an inert fatty blob. But energized by mitochondria, the mind emerges and allows you to think, feel, and behave. We are, fundamentally, energetic processes.

or your mind wonder if the room is subtly spinning. No, it is not magic; it is your brain, quite literally, getting tricked. Optical illusions like this offer fascinating insights into how our brain ...

Ever wondered how your brain stacks up against a computer? A recent study revealed just how many bits of data the human brain can process per second.

A new study reveals that a connection between the body and mind is built into the structure of the brain. The study shows that parts of the brain area that controls movement are plugged into ...

Harvard and Google Research have released a startlingly deep dive into the human brain, mapping thousands of cells and millions of synapses in a poppy seed-sized sample of brain tissue. The effort ...

Researchers turned human brain waves into AI-generated pictures of what a person was seeing. Their work is focused on decoding brain activity to understand a person's thoughts. The experiment ...