Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch the thalamus and cortex interact in real time. They found that the thalamus ...

Studies of brain injuries and electrical stimulation seemed to bear this out. Damaging the Broca’s area, for instance, interfered with speech, and stimulating specific tissues could lead to specific ...

For more than a century, maps of the brain have been based on how brain tissue looks under the microscope. These anatomical ...

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively ...

At what point do "you" end and the outside world begins? It might feel like a weird question with an obvious answer, but your ...

Obtaining prefrontal cortex biopsies during deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in living patients does not increase the risk of adverse events or cognitive decline compared to standard DBS ...

A new study showcases how brain waves known as alpha oscillations help us distinguish between ourselves and the outside world ...

New research reveals that certain brain tumors may originate silently within normal brain cells long before a tumor forms.

A new doctoral dissertation shows that gambling disorder is linked to brain networks involved in self-control and brain ...