Neurology

What is the new consensus on whether fat is good or bad for you?

The Sunday after Thanksgiving last year proved tragic for family and friends of 22-year-old Kosta Karageorge. The defensive tackle for the Ohio State Buckeyes was found dead that day after apparently shooting himself in the head.

Wraparound occipital lobes found to be highly common in depression

Transcranial magnetic stimulation could correct faulty connectivity

An unusual chemical balancing act helps explain why people with depression attend more closely to negative information

Daily drinkers have lower rates of depression and cognitive decline

A blow to the head can sometimes unmask hidden artistic or intellectual gifts. Might we all have hidden capacities that could be unleashed without brain injury?

With reading difficulties can come other cognitive strengths

The dangers of Mary Jane are greatest for those who inhale as teens

Lists of the biggest challenges in brain science often start—or end—with consciousness. “End” because consciousness is considered so overwhelming a hack that it merits coming last on the list—the ultimate challenge.

Children whose mothers were exposed to high levels of fine particulate pollution in late pregnancy have up to twice the risk of developing autism as children of mothers breathing cleaner air, scientists reported

Americans looked to Google for information on Ebola, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and the actor Robin Williams’s suicide this year—all of which ranked among the hottest search terms of 2014.