Differences in the physical shape and wiring of the brain can directly contribute to the development of attention and social ...

In mouse brain cells, and in follow-up work involving worms and human cortical neurons, the team found that many axons ...

Your brain ventricles are four fluid-filled chambers that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps nourish your brain and protect it from injury. It would be easy to argue that your brain is the ...

The human brain is a marvel of complexity. It contains specialised and interconnected structures controlling our thoughts, personality and behaviour. The size and shape of our brains also play a ...

Researchers debunk what science believed about brain cell structure for 100 years, finding axons form repeating pearl-like ...

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The largest neuroimaging study of conduct disorder to date has revealed extensive changes in brain structure among young people with the disorder. The largest difference was a smaller area of the ...

Forget crowd sizes — a new study confirms that conservatives boast slightly larger amygdalas, the part of the brain that plays a key role in identifying and reacting to potential threats, compared ...

The puzzle of memory has intrigued philosophers and intellects for a very long time. Plato and Aristotle believed that memory was found only in the realm of the soul and the mind, but there was ...

Nature heals the soul, but what does it do to the brain? Have you ever been on a camping or hiking trip to a national park ...