Neuroscience

A new generation of brain-machine interfaces can deduce what a person wants

An experimental drug for hepatitis D triggers a cellular waste disposal system to rid mice brains of the tau protein, a major culprit in neurodegenerative disease

We don't yet know what the immersion in technology does to our brains, but one neuroscientist says the answer is likely to be that there's good, there's bad, and it's complex.

Study points toward lifelong neuron formation in the human brain’s hippocampus, with implications for memory and disease

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