Neuroscience

The two conditions often coincide, but the search for common biological roots turns up conflicting evidence

New study provides more evidence early pregnancy scans are not tied to the disorder

The athletes’ brains get rewired with practice to counteract reflexes and execute complex routines

Gene expression patterns in the brains of people with these conditions, new research finds  

An implant is the latest development in research on neural stimulation to boost cognition

Research indicates that techniques fail to trigger the type of brain activity thought to produce therapeutic benefits

A study that compares us with other primates finds a brain region linked to social behavior that may offer a biological explanation for why humans, not chimps, produced Shakespeare, Gandhi and Einstein

Researchers are finally figuring out the purpose behind some genome sequences that are nearly identical across vertebrates

Neurons in the hippocampi of rats and bats fire in response to their fellow animals’ movements

Proteins that researchers think are key to long-term memory formation also move genetic material between cells in both mice and flies