The Amazing Human Brain

Quick bursts of brain activity may be creating false memories while we nap

Schizophrenia may have a special fingerprint in the brain, even before its symptoms fully emerge.

Stoners may not be as forgetful and absent-minded as the stereotype suggests.

Readers of a certain age will know the reference.

Having a single concussion may increase a person's risk for Parkinson's disease, a new study suggests — but the overall risk of developing the disease still remains low.

What would LSD feel like if you couldn't see?

The same medication used to save lives by reversing opioid overdoses may also benefit nonopioid users

Stare at these colors for 20 seconds and see what happens.

Biting into the "hottest pepper in the world" sounds painful enough. But for one man, the daring feat resulted in excruciating headaches.

Scans show people who can endure greater risk share certain neurological features.

A new study finds baby nerve cells even in very old brains. But the research remains controversial.

Scientists have coaxed a minibrain into growing blood vessels and capillaries.

Nectome wants to "back up" your brain before you die, a deadly process. But following backlash, its founders say it has no plans to do so anytime soon.

MIT cut ties with the brain-preserving company citing a lack of research.

Scientists in Switzerland dosed test subjects with LSD to investigate how patients with severe mental disorders lose track of where they end and other people begin.

When our recent study met significant skepticism, we weren't surprised. After all, we ourselves remained skeptical of what we were seeing throughout our investigation.

Don't upload your brain, folks.

For women, physical fitness in midlife may do more than give the heart a boost; it may also benefit the brain, a new study from Sweden suggests.