Brain
How Brain Structure Influences Your Personality
This is the first time the big five personality traits have been clearly linked to differences in brain thickness, area and folding.
Five Things You Should Know About HUD Pick Ben Carson
Carson wrote he felt ashamed to rely on food stamps.
Neurobiology Hampered By Scientists Afraid to Be Sexist
U.S. neurobiologist Larry Cahill says researchers ignore critical differences between men and women's brains.
What We Gain From Thinking With Our Hands
People who use their hands to help themselves think enhance their capacity to think well.
Tickling Rats For Science
Neuroscientists at Humboldt University of Berlin pinpoint "tickle center" of mammalian brain.
Why Do Some People Like Danger More Than Others?
How much we like danger is linked to dopamine in our brains.
Uzbekistan's President Karimov Is Dead
After almost a week of speculation, the cabinet officially confirmed the death late Friday.
Zika May Affect Brain Function in Adults
New research suggests the mosquito-borne virus could have deleterious effects on certain neural cells in adults.
Olympic Wrestlers Tune in to Artificial Intelligence
Music composed by AI is used by the U.S. Olympic wrestling team to prepare for matches.
Electronic 'Neural Dust' Could Monitor Your Brain
The groundbreaking device is smaller than a grain of rice and could revolutionize prosthetics.
Fish Can Learn to Remember Human Faces
Despite having a primitive brain, the tropical archerfish is able to distinguish between dozens of faces.
Does a Resurrected Dead Brain Have Its Old Character?
If there is limited or no psychological continuity, the original person won't benefit: They are now truly dead, since their body and brain have become a new person.
Five Things We Learned This Week: Tech & Science
How Edward Snowden's revelations sped up encryption technology and a weaponized robot are among the things we learned in Tech & Science this week.
Traumatic Brain Injury Causes Long-Term Sleep Problems
Half of people who have suffered severe head injuries have trouble maintaining normal sleeping habits and often don't realize it's a problem.
This Is What Your Brain on LSD Looks Like
Feeling "one with nature" or feeling the self "dissolve" is triggered when psychedelics shift the patterns of connectivity in the brain.
Study: NFL Vets Showed Signs of Brain Injury
Largest study of its kind showed correlation between time spent playing football and the extent of brain damage.
A Fitbit for Your Brain Is Around the Corner
Rapidly evolving EEG technology is leading neuroscientists to their holy grail: the ability to read the human mind.
DARPA Wants to Hack Your Brain
DARPA wants to improve the brain's ability to learn through "targeted neuroplasticity training".
How PTSD Changes the Brain
Earthquake survivors with PTSD had altered brain areas that affect the processing and relay of information
Building a Better Brain
The quest for effective ways to boost cognitive capacity is not hopeless.
The Weight Loss Enemy Within: Bacteria
How, scientifically, intestinal bacteria may be inhibiting your weight loss efforts.
Softening the Blow of Bad Memories
Retraining, not deleting, negative recollections can make for a happier you.
French PM Says 'Brain' Behind Paris Attacks Killed
The French government confirmed that alleged ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud is dead.
Study: The Mediterranean Diet May Help Preserve a More Youthful Brain
Previous research has connected a Mediterranean diet to a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
Degenerative Brain Disease Rampant Among NFL Players
Post-mortem analyses showed 96 percent had chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Distinctive Microbiome Associated With Schizophrenia
Information on what causes this psychiatric illness may be found inside the mouth.
How the Brain Forms New Memories
A study sheds new light on the role of neurons when associative learning occurs.
Using Pictionary to Study Creativity and the Brain
Researchers at Stanford are trying to see what parts of the brain underlie creativity.