Brain activity maps challenge traditional descriptions of prefrontal cortex

For more than a century, maps of the brain have been based on how brain tissue looks under the microscope. These anatomical ...
Science Daily

Your brain does something surprising when you don’t sleep

When you’re short on sleep and your focus suddenly drifts, your brain may be briefly slipping into cleanup mode. Scientists ...

Macaque facial gestures are more than just a reflex, study finds

That’s why in the future, she thinks, neural prostheses meant for patients with a stroke or paralysis will decode facial ...
Smithsonian Magazine

‘Aha’ Moments Seem to Come Out of Nowhere. How Does the Brain Create These Sudden Bursts of Insight?

Neuroscientists are tracking the brain activity that underlies a cognitive breakthrough and unraveling how it might boost ...