Neuroscience

Gargantuan studies show links between sleep difficulties and cardiovascular and psychiatric illnesses

More insights on a positive side of a “disorder”

And it could also be the kindling sparking Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative maladies

A new technique lets scientists accurately direct drugs to specific regions of the brain 

A brain researcher explains our desire for chocolate and other carbs during tough times

Biology at the center of last year’s contentious gene-edited twins result may hold other benefits for brain injury

Although millennials' memory of recent pop tunes drops quickly, their ability to identify top hits from the 1960s through 1990s remains moderately high. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Interviewing an inebriated person at the scene may be more accurate than waiting until he or she is sober 

Adult humans, as well as mice, slept better when gently rocked.

By turning off certain brain cells, researchers were able to make mice sense painful stimuli—but not the associated discomfort. Karen Hopkin reports.

We need better molecular biomarkers to create targeted drugs

Brain regions that process faces reveal deep insights into the neural mechanisms of vision