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The science behind why people become lefties remains inconclusive.

A team from Massachusetts General Hospital has created one of the most advanced models of Alzheimer’s disease ever seen.

The child had a third of his brain's right hemisphere removed in order to prevent increasingly severe epileptic seizures.

Our experiences and genetics shape our brains, according to neuropsychologists

Lise Eliot’s argument fuels the fire of the sexual dimorphism debate, or the Darwinian idea that men and women are fundamentally different creatures who look and act uniquely because of their sex organs.  

The sensation is described as a warm, tingling feeling that starts at the crown of the head before traveling down the spine and the rest of the body.

Researchers discovered the act of remembering creates a window of time in which memories can be changed, and fears can be rewritten in the brain.

Evidence suggests that diabetes drugs might be an effective treatment for Alzheimer's patients.

The team think their imaging technique might help doctors spot concussions and aneurysms.

What if we had the ability to fool our brain into thinking that we’d experienced something that never happened?

Human brain surrogates are enabling researchers to understand more about various neurological disorders.

The finding could have important implications for our understanding of how both normal learning and neurological disorders may occur.

The Troxler effect is useful in evolutionary terms because it enabled us to focus our attention on dangerous predators.

The man was paralyzed from the shoulders down three years ago.

Researchers have long debated whether adult brains can create new cells.

Researchers found similarities between how individual bees communicate with one another when making collective decisions and the way neurons in the human brain interact.

The company’s initial plans involve injecting the brain with a special formula in a technique known as aldehyde-stabilized cryopreservation.

The 84-year-old man went to the emergency department because he kept falling.

The disease involves changes to the brain’s small blood vessels.

Participants in clinical trials who were given a small dose of psychedelics were rated as having more openness than non-users.

Three new studies probe this mysterious state.

According to the neurosurgeon who removed the tumor, "it was an extremely daunting and complex surgery."

In a new study, we were able to remove the influence of parents.

A clinical trial using an antibiotic to treat autism is ongoing in California.

Participants' short-term memory was assessed through a digit-recall test.

Researchers observed more than 2,500 embraces at an airport's departures and arrivals areas for their data.

The key ingredient, curcumin, is found in turmeric and lends curry its bright color.

Patients undergoing brain surgery gave researchers the perfect opportunity to study how thoughts move.

Imaging reveals a key feature in the brains of creative people.

Cases of "sudden savant syndrome" include a surgeon struck by lightning who then became an accomplished pianist.