Your brain responds to why you're drinking, not just what you're drinking
Drinking for relief produces a different reaction in the brain than drinking for reward does
Our memories of shared experiences have unique neural signatures
New neuroscience research shows why you do not remember an event the same way as other people who attended do
Rare spindle-shaped neurons from deep inside the brain recorded for the first time
Losing the mysterious cells may lead to Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, or other neurological disorders
Your brain isn't the same in virtual reality as it is in the real world
VR is widely used to study the brain, but it isn't the same as real life — and this has real-world consequences
Lead poisoning hits low-income children harder than their affluent neighbors
Children living in poverty suffer greater cognitive and physical effects from lead exposure than children from richer families, even if they live in the same area
Want to learn how brains go awry? First, we must learn how they work
We set out to make neurons deep in the brain glow bright so we could see their role in vision