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Neuroscience word search — Find all the parts of the brainHow well do you know that organ between your ears? Test your recognition of neuroscience terms with this word search.
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Tiny implant 'speaks' to the brain with LED lightBy directly communicating with the brain, a new wireless device could someday help restore lost senses or manage pain without medications, its developers say.
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Brain scans reveal 'dial' that helps keep us from getting lostA brain-scan study reveals key components of the brain's navigation system, which may help us better understand early symptoms of dementia.
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Injecting anesthetic into a 'lazy eye' may correct it, early study suggestsTemporarily shutting down a "lazy eye" triggers a burst of neuronal activity that reverses the condition in animal experiments, a study shows.
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The evolution of life on Earth 'almost predictably' led to human intelligence, neuroscientist saysInterview Neuroscientist Nikolay Kukushkin spoke to Live Science about how human consciousness evolved.
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What causes the feeling of 'butterflies' in your stomach?Flutters, knots and other stomach sensations tied to nervousness are all examples of the gut-brain axis in action.
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CTE may stem from rampant inflammation and DNA damageNew research shows that CTE may stem from DNA damage and inflammation set in motion by blows to the head.
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Brain benefits of exercise come from the bloodstream — and they may be transferrable, mouse study findsExercise strengthens both the body and the mind, and researchers are uncovering the molecular messengers that make the connection. The messengers can also be transferred from an active mouse to a sedentary one.
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'As if a shudder ran from its brain to its body': The neuroscientists that learned to control memories in rodentsIn this adapted excerpt from "How to Change a Memory," author and neuroscientist Steve Ramirez recounts the events that led him and his colleagues to discover memories could be artificially controlled in rodents by zapping their brains with lasers.
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