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When the Mind’s Eye Is Blind

Some people find it impossible to imagine a friend’s face or their own apartment—a phenomenon named aphantasia. Scientists are beginning to tease out the brain features underlying the condition...

Oh Say Can You See Subtle Details?

Different people have differing aptitudes for observing small changes and particular features.

Alzheimer's Study Sparks a New Round of Debate over the Amyloid Hypothesis

Does the data in a recent clinical trial support the idea that removing amyloid clumps can improve mental functioning?

A Gut—and Liver—Check to Get a Bead on Alzheimer’s

Areas outside the brain may play a role in a chain reaction related to dementia, but the path from gut to head remains elusive

Brain Gain: A Person Can Instantly Blossom into a Savant--and No One Knows Why

Some people suddenly become accomplished artists or musicians with no previous interest or training. Is it possible innate genius lies dormant within everyone?

Why Do Paper Cuts Hurt So Much?

The injury is too shallow to impair pain signals

The Seventh Sense

Long thought to be divorced from the brain, the immune system turns out to be intimately involved in its functioning

A Sense of Discovery: How the Immune System Works with the Brain

Smaller Plates Don't Make Meals Look Bigger When You're Hungry

The Delboeuf illusion won’t help you trick yourself into eating smaller portions when you feel hungry

Could Brain Stimulation Slow Cancer?

Activating the reward system boosts anti-tumor immunity in mice

Why It’s So Hard to Junk Bad Decisions—Edging Closer to Understanding “Sunk Cost”

Humans, rats and mice all exhibit the decision-making phenomenon, but new research suggests not all choices are equally vulnerable to it

Early Life Experience: It’s in Your DNA

Surprising study suggests experiences while young cause the brain to experience changes to the genome

Brains of Children with Autism Show Unusual Folding Patterns

The brains of children with autism fold differently than those of their typical peers. Whether they are unusually smooth or convoluted depends on location and age

An illusion to Celebrate Uncle Sam's Birthday

Uncle Sam’s eyes and finger seem to be pointed directly at you, no matter your viewing angle

Meet the “Bad Boy” of Autism Research

Dennis Wall explores radical ideas, including “smart glasses” to help interpret emotions

“Traveling” Brain Waves May Be Critical for Cognition

Physical motion of neural signals may play a more important role in brain function than previously thought

Harder Evidence Builds That Viruses Play a Role in Alzheimer's

A study seeking new drug targets for the disease unexpectedly implicates two types of herpes

Dogs Have a Lot More Neurons Than Cats

Dogs beat their domesticated rivals, cats, in a new attempt to measure cognitive power

Living with Neighborhood Violence May Shape Teens’ Brains

Researchers say they have linked such exposures with downstream effects

Targeting Inflammation May Protect and Restore the Brain after Stroke

New therapeutic approaches directed at the post-stroke immune response show promise in mice