Neuroscience

The science shows that they have nothing to do with each other and never have

There are many concerns about the appropriate use of neuroscience in a criminal justice setting

The NASA-funded work compares MRIs before and after trips

We know it’s important to physical and mental health, but exactly how it works, and how to optimize it, are only beginning to be understood

Zapping the brain with magnetic pulses while measuring its electrical activity is proving to be a reliable way to detect consciousness

Nature’s everyday trickery

A new study uses brain imaging to separate those who think about and even attempt suicide from those who don’t 

Our bodies are honed to environmental light via a biological chain reaction

Reconstructions of single cells highlight how far they can reach into the brain

The neuroscience of “autonomous sensory meridian response”

Jellyfish exhibit signs of a sleep state, which could mean that sleep predates the evolutionary development of central nervous systems.