A significant breakthrough in neurotechnology allows a man paralyzed from the waist down to drive a race car.

“We are still in the early stages of research on the effects of meditation training on the brain and there is much to be discovered,” says Center for Healthy Minds founder and director Richard Davidson.

Can we become addicted to the internet? That’s the question discussed in a new review article published in Science by the University of Duisburg-Essen’s Prof. Matthias Brand.

Church attendance has sharply declined and the number of people who express interest in religion is decreasing. Why are atheism and agnosticism becoming increasingly popular? Is the human brain evolving away from religiosity?

Discovering the molecule that drove her madness.

New research draws a conclusive link between Parkinson’s disease and the deterioration of a subpopulation of neurons found within the substantia nigra, a brain region linked to motor control and executive functioning.

Thanks to lab-grown brains produced from human cells, scientists have discovered alterations in neurological structure that potentially underpin the autism spectrum illness known as Pitt Hopkins syndrome.

A woman grew up without her left temporal lobe, which highlights how amazingly plastic the brain is. IN EARLY FEBRUARY 2016, after reading an article featuring a couple of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who were studying how the brain reacts to music, a woman felt inclined to email them. “I have an interesting brain,” she told them.

With just two in-clinic doses, psilocybin reduced the patients’ depressive score by 64 percent after 3 weeks.

Being subjected to unsupportive behaviors from a romantic partner appears to influence how the brain processes mistakes, according to new research published in the International Journal of Psychophysiology. The findings indicate that unsupportive behaviors are associated with heightened neural reactivity after committing an error in the presence of one’s partner.

Drinking coffee may reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to findings published in the journal Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.

Scientists at UC San Francisco and Imperial College London found that psilocybin fosters greater connections between different regions of the brain in depressed people, freeing them up from long-held patterns of rumination and excessive self-focus.

Researchers from a USC-led consortium have discovered 15 “hot spots” in the genome that either speed up brain aging or slow it down — a finding that could provide new drug targets to resist developmental delays, Alzheimer’s disease and other degenerative brain disorders.

Researchers have long been looking for treatment options for Parkinson's disease from drug-producing bacteria to neuron treatments. Despite all advances, however, the disease remains prevalent with absolutely debilitating effects eroding motor functions and often confining patients to a bed or wheelchair.

Adult rhesus macaques with bigger social circles have enlarged brain regions associated with social decision-making and bonding, a study has found.

Mapping the rapid growth and slow decline of the human brain over our lifetime

A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports lends support to a body of research suggesting that reading on electronic devices reduces comprehension.

Researchers hope to see how the brain adapts to space travel during the 10-day mission.

A good night’s sleep has always been linked to better mood, and better health. Now, scientists have even more evidence of just how much sleep – and more specifically our circadian rhythm, which regulates our sleep cycle – is linked to certain diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease. ...

Combining AI and robotics technology, researchers have identified new cellular characteristics of Parkinson's disease in skin cell samples from patients.