The small grooves on the surface of our brain may play a key role in our reasoning. A recent study reveals that their depth influences connectivity between areas essential for cognition.

Facial expressions evolved as fast, universal emotional signals, interpreted more reliably than wordless vocalizations. Human ...

What makes a smile feel sincere or fake is due to a surprising blend of facial anatomy, neurology and emotional authenticity ...

Clock genes are a set of genes known to contribute to the regulation of the human body's internal 24-hour cycle, also known ...

Age often brings a gradual decline in the ability to learn new things and retain memories. This phenomenon, often associated ...

Research in Dr. Schafer's Brain and Systemic Aging Lab at Mayo Clinic focuses on how aging changes cell identities, tissue composition, and brain health and function.

Textbooks say that mitochondria exist to supply cells with energy, but experiments in fruit flies suggest they are also ...

Astrocytes Take Center Stage in Brain Function Study Astrocytes help regulate brain rhythm and communication, a role revealed by machine learning and computational modeling.

Researchers from the Hospital del Mar Research Institute and Yale University, in the United States, have demonstrated how the action of certain genes on precursor cells of brain formation can cause ...

A new study published in iScience provides evidence that the human brain emits extremely faint light signals that not only ...

I write a blog post each month focusing on a different executive function skill. Executive function skills are brain-based, and they help people accomplish essential life tasks (Dawson and Guare ...

A novel @HopkinsKids study adds to evidence that a liver-damaging virus is linked to some psychiatric disorders. › ...