brains and behavior

Imagine spending a weekend afternoon with friends at an art museum: nodding with crossed arms, desperately…

The world of brain research has a secret flaw. For decades, studies into how the mind works have been carried out…

As a physical therapist in Shanghai, Zheng Wang worked with people recovering from strokes after their brains had…

Music that is simple, repetitive, and easy to sing (or hum) is most likely to get stuck. Think Miley Cyrus’…

The tiny foragers are also “remarkable learners” that can remember something after a single exposure to it,…

If you’ve spent any time playing Dead Island 2, chances are you’ve noticed the game’s progressive damage system.…

They then administered a single low dose of klotho under each monkey’s skin, raising levels of the protein to those…

Human olfactory receptors belong to an enormous family of proteins known as G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).…

About a month into the 2020 pandemic lockdown, Gül Dölen, a neuroscientist, noticed that she had come untethered…

In a hospital room in Madison, Wisconsin, Dave lay on a bed, looking at the trim around the ceiling. An air vent…