Neuroscience

Frontotemporal dementia can release the creative potential of the brain’s visual areas

Here's how to reconcile the mismatch in what your senses are telling your brain

Adverse early childhood experience leaves persisting traces in brain structure, highlighting the importance of preventive measures for healthy brain development

An increase in activity in dying brains might be associated with last-minute conscious experiences, but scientists don’t know for sure

A pillar of every neuroscience textbook, the classic “homunculus” has just gone through a radical revision

A new era of neurotechnology means we may need new protections to safeguard our brain and mental experiences

Image-generating AI is getting better at re-creating what people are looking at from their fMRI data. But this isn’t mind reading—yet

The Havana syndrome saga is an epic failure of science, one with severe consequences both for patients and for international relations

The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system

Researchers who study aphantasia, or the inability to visualize something in your “mind’s eye,” are starting to get a sense of how to accurately measure the condition and what it may mean for those who have it.

Enacted dreams could be an early sign of Parkinson’s disease

Studies of prairie voles are providing surprising new insights into how social bonds form