Analysis of lost photos reveals structural anomalies in Einstein’s brain that may explain his extraordinary mathematical and ...

Differences in brain shape between a present-day human (left, in blue) and a Neanderthal from La Chapelle-aux-Saints (right, in red). Source: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology/Simon ...

By scanning brains while people actively took intelligence tests, neuroscientists discovered that high test scores are linked ...

These findings provide some evidence that reduced slow wave sleep (SWS) and rapid eye movement sleep (REM) may contribute to brain atrophy, thereby increasing the risk of Alzheimer disease (AD).

“The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain and acts as the central hub for thinking and cognition. It enables you to ...

The human brain, as the seat of mental life—from the most complicated intellectual processes down to routine and unconscious bodily control—is necessarily enormously complex. The largest part of the ...