An analysis of hundreds of images from several studies shows how hallucinogenic drugs drive activity in various regions of ...

Scientists looked at a wide range of brain scans to determine how consciousness gets so trippy on mind-altering drugs.

To this day, in the known universe, only one example exists of a system capable of general-purpose intelligence. That system ...

Is consciousness something the brain produces, or is it woven into the fabric of reality itself? Renowned neuroscientist Christof Koch is challenging long-held scientific assumptions by confronting ...

The human brain's soft folds and ridges, arising in early development and continuing through the first 18 months of life, are a visual icon for intelligence itself. Peeling back the layers of this ...

A new paper published in Cell Reports, in which researchers work with primates, sheds some light on the question. Researchers ...

As Paul Allen’s Seahawks get ready for Monday Night Football, he’s facing a more intricate battle in a laboratory in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood. The Allen Institute for Brain Sciences is trying to ...

Anthony Leonardo is a neuroscientist at Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s research facility who has created an environment to track dragonflies’ neuron transmissions. This research will enable him to ...

Individuals with autism interpret information, emotions, and sensory input differently than the neurotypical population. Although behaviour changes such as less eye contact or repeated movements are ...

Our brain makes decisions based on direct associations between stimuli in our environment, but it often also does so based on events that initially appear unrelated. How does it achieve this? A recent ...

Most people want autism breakthroughs—but few know the crucial role brain donation plays in making them happen. Autism ...