An EEG (electroencephalogram) is a painless test that uses small sensors placed on the scalp to measure the brain's ...

A team led by Northwestern University and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab scientists have developed a new technology that can eavesdrop on the hidden electrical dialogues unfolding inside miniature, lab-grown ...

Loneliness acts as more than a fleeting emotional state; it functions as a persistent filter that alters how the human brain processes the social world. New research published in the journal ...

New research finds that sleep is essential for protecting brain mitochondria by transferring toxic metabolic waste from neurons to glial cells for disposal.

Being a ‘home-body’ may have less to do with laziness or introversion, and more to do with how individuals regulate ...

Short sleepers, who make up less than one per cent of the population, spend significantly less time snoozing without any ...

The brain's ability to carry out everything from forming memories to coordinating movement depends on its cells producing the right proteins at the right time. But directly measuring this protein ...

Veins in the skull can rearrange their borders to accommodate patrolling immune cells, a strange behaviour called ruffling.

More than 6 million Australians experience migraines. Knowing how they develop could help you or your loved ones manage the worst symptoms.

Humans develop sharp vision during early fetal development thanks to an interplay between a vitamin A derivative and thyroid hormones in the retina, Johns Hopkins University scientists have found.

A study finds that people who did one specific form of brain training in the 1990s were less likely to be diagnosed with ...