A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in ...

Our brains are large compared with other animals, so it is tempting to assume there was an evolutionary advantage to them – ...

Summary: Researchers tracked brain activity patterns in participants before and after they watched multiple episodes of a ...

The neurobiologist Erich Jarvis studies the few species capable of speech. He has long hoped to genetically engineer an ...

The human brain evolved for a world of familiar faces, immediate threats and small social groups. But the world around us is ...

A new study has examined just how mothers influence the size of their child’s head – and as a result, its brain size and ...

So many of life's most pivotal decisions come down to one question: Should you listen to your logic or your emotions? Popular ...

For nearly 30 years, a landmark study shaped how scientists understood the relationship between brain and body size in ...

Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images ) The ability to focus is not unique to humans or even to primates. Birds, ...

The Brain & Performance Centre, a DP World company, has entered into a strategic partnership with Middlesex University (MDX) ...

(Jamie Squire/Staff/Getty Images Sport) It is set to be the wedding of the year, or maybe the century. Rumors and speculation ...

Studies in animals and epilepsy patients suggest that spontaneous laughter is regulated by different brain networks than ...