Neuroscience

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

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

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

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

Researchers say they have linked such exposures with downstream effects

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

…but has yet to reach Base Camp 1

Warning a child that something, like a vaccine shot, will hurt can actually increase their perception of the pain.

A Kavli Prize–winning scientist details the magic of transforming vibrations into sound in the inner ear

New findings add fuel to the bilingual advantage debate

New research explains why relationships take up so much of our mental energy

Neuroscientist Simon Baron-Cohen absorbs the grave revelations in a study on a pediatrician enmeshed in autism's history