A new look at how the brain works reveals that wiring isn't everything

How a brain's anatomical structure relates to its function is one of the most important questions in neuroscience. It ...

Scientists Think They Know Where Consciousness Lives In Your Brain

New research suggests that consciousness originates in the subcortex, and is polished by the cortex and cerebellum.
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Study sheds light on the genetic changes that shaped human brain evolution

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...
Nature

A map of neural signals and circuits traces the logic of brain computation

What distinguishes the mammalian brain from that of other vertebrates is a region called the neocortex, which is the largest and evolutionarily newest part of the human brain. The researchers focused ...
Scientific American

How Your Brain’s Nightly Cleanse Keeps It Healthy

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...
Nature

New hope for Alzheimer’s: lithium supplement reverses memory loss in mice

Studies in rodents and humans suggest that low levels of the metal contribute to cognitive decline. “This is groundbreaking,” says Ashley Bush, a neuroscientist at the University of Melbourne in ...