The Victorian palaeontologist Richard Owen incorrectly argued that the human brain was the only brain to contain a small area ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

Marathon running causes a temporary decline in brain myelin content, but levels return to normal within two months. This ...

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Everything the brain does—from storing memories to interpreting sights to regulating emotions—requires energy, all produced ...

Some say you're only as old as you feel. Others say you're as young as you think. But how old is your brain really?

This study investigated the neural mechanisms involved in feelings of interpersonal guilt and responsibility evoked by social decisions. In two studies (one during fMRI) ...