A research team at Carnegie Mellon University has developed a new noninvasive brain stimulation technique, by showing how focused ultrasound affects the human brain. Using brainwave recordings from ...

Murderbot, the titular character of a new television show on Apple TV+, doesn’t do much murdering. Instead it enjoys the freedom of having hacked its governor module, the internal control system that ...

Recent work has revealed some of the many crucial functions of astrocytes, brain cells that were once thought to play primarily supportive roles for neurons. Astrocytes do handle debris around neurons ...

The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and send information and commands throughout the brain and the nervous system.

A Levittown student took first place and earned a paid trip to the championship at the University of California, Irvine, in April.

Human brains can sense rhythm and melody from birth, showing music may be part of biology rather than something learned.

Those differences in wiring help explain why some people can switch tasks or recover from distractions more efficiently than others. If your white matter tracts strongly link fast sensory regions with ...

Have you ever felt calmer almost as soon as you step into the woods? Or maybe noticed your busy mind soften as you look out ...

A new study shows that music changes brain activity during eye contact, helping people feel more connected and socially ...

Fresh evidence that the body's immune system interacts directly with the brain could lead to a new understanding of diseases from multiple sclerosis to Alzheimer's. A study of human and monkey brains ...