Neuroscience

Brain imaging is illuminating the patterns linked to productive, positive dialogue, and those insights could help people connect with others

Annotating the margins of books is an important part of deep reading and has a long legacy of merit in both science and literature

Scientists will not find a simple answer to how autism arises, despite Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s promise to announce its causes sometime this month. Here’s what makes the condition so staggeringly complex

Seeing and imagining use similar brain machinery. New research reveals the brain circuit that identifies what is real, which may help scientists understand conditions such as schizophrenia

This new “connectome” could bring researchers one step closer to understanding how nerves connect to organs throughout the body

The brain’s body map doesn’t reorganize itself after limb amputation, a study found, challenging a textbook idea in neuroscience

Washing waste from the brain is an essential function of sleep—and it could help ward off dementia

Long dismissed as impossible, nerve regrowth is offering new hope for healing injuries and treating neurodegeneration

When people viewed virtual avatars with coughs or rashes, their brain triggered an immune response

Brain scans capture memory formation in babies, raising new questions about why people forget their earliest years

A study of nearly 1,000 people showed that brain aging was not linked to infection status

Neuroscientists have found that the brain can wake up in different ways, explaining why some mornings feel like a dream and some feel like a disaster