Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

Adolescents who regularly choose solitude over social connection show measurable differences in brain structure and function, according to a large neuroimaging study.

A part of the brain that is about the size of a sunflower seed in people could play a big role in our food consumption ...

Adolescence is a period of social reorientation: a shift from a world centered on parents and family to one shaped by peers, ...

In his new BBC show, Jim Al-Khalili journeys through hundreds of millions of years of brain evolution. Live Science spoke to ...

A new study reports that prenatal exposure to the insecticide chlorpyrifos is associated with lasting changes in the ...

The device can precisely stimulate areas deep in the brain without surgery and could transform the treatment of Parkinson's ...

Social spiders reveal surprising brain adaptations, showing that teamwork - not bigger brains - drives cooperation, memory, ...

A team of scientists from the University of Cologne's Institute of Biochemistry has made a decisive discovery about the ...

Researchers peered inside the brains of huntsman and crab spiders using microCT scanners and found that while spiders' brains don't have to be bigger for them to live in groups, social spiders are ...

While that message has been spread on social media, researchers are just beginning to understand how the devices affect the ...

Research reveals strong connections between muscle strength and cognitive function in patients with COPD, highlighting the potential for rehabilitation strategies.