For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their ...

For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that the adult human brain was largely fixed. According to this view, the ...

Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, ...

Brain development does not end at 25 but continues into the early 30s as neural networks become more efficient and ...

Despite lacking a hippocampus entirely—and having diverged from the mammalian lineage roughly 400 million years ago—larval ...

Modern humans are evolutionary survivors, thriving generation after generation while our ancient relatives died out. Now, new research into our brain chemistry suggests that an enzyme unique to Homo ...

Previous research has found that the human brain reaches maturity sometime in the 20s, but a new study suggests that it never stops developing. Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have ...

A neuroscientist survey shows that 40 percent think it might be possible to preserve a human brain, potentially well enough ...

In his book "One Hand Clapping," Nikolay Kukushkin explores explanations for how consciousness evolved, and ultimately, what makes us human. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

"Consciousness," although challenging to define, can be thought of as a first-person awareness of one's surroundings and oneself. You sense the world through your eyes, nose, ears and hands, and track ...