teeny-weeny little bit of human brain—is still thousands of terabytes." The latest map in Science contains never-before-seen ...

Our readers point to a weak correlation between brain size and IQ, but also highlight the many pitfalls that would come with ...

The genetic mutation that causes Huntington's disease (HD)—a devastating brain disease that disrupts mobility and diminishes ...

Therefore, it may not have been the evolutionary increase in brain size that led to the slowdown in human development, but the extension of childhood and the three-generation structure that favored ...

A groundbreaking study using PET scans has revealed that autistic individuals have fewer brain synapses, directly correlating ...

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The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But ...

Colored green above, a songbird's cortex, which dominates the bird brain anatomy, functions similarly to a human cortex. It is the outer brain shell responsible for controlling perception and some ...

Scientists have found the first genetic instructions hardwired into human DNA that are linked ... to be heavily involved in the structure and function of the brain - particularly the parts ...

Research suggests that omega-3s can support brain health, especially for people who carry a gene that raises the risk of ...

Biomedical engineers from the University of Melbourne have invented a 3D printing system, or bioprinter, capable of ...