Your brain is not bolted in place. It floats in a thin bath of cerebrospinal fluid, and every time you take a step, your ...
The human brain is probably the most complex structure we know of. Yet we still use open-brain surgery, implanted whips, and wires threated through delicate tissue for many interventions today. But a ...
A hidden waste-removal pathway in the brain has finally been caught in action. Using cutting-edge MRI scans, researchers discovered that fluid flows along the middle meningeal artery in a slow, ...
Have you ever wondered what makes you "you"? What creates the feeling of being aware, of experiencing the world around you? Scientists call this consciousness, and it's one of the biggest mysteries we ...
Scientists are learning how the brain knows what’s happening throughout the body, and how that process might go awry in some psychiatric disorders. By Carl Zimmer Last year, Ardem Patapoutian got a ...
Nearly everyone has experienced it: After a night of poor sleep, you don't feel as alert as you should. Your brain might seem foggy, and your mind drifts off when you should be paying attention. A new ...
ME. AT MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM RESEARCHERS ARE MAPPING ONE OF THE MOST VAST AND MYSTERIOUS LANDSCAPES KNOWN TO SCIENCE A WORLD OF TRILLIONS OF CONNECTIONS. THE HUMAN BRAIN. WE HAVE MAPPED OUR ENTIRE ...
Yawning isn’t just a deep breath indicating tiredness or boredom, but a process that reorganises the flow of fluids out of the brain, according to MRI scans that also suggest we each yawn in a ...
People with high levels of psychopathic tendencies are often incapable of feeling empathy for other people. From a brain ...