Human evolution is generally explained through changes in brain size, locomotion or tool use, but new research from Wits ...

The human brain's soft folds and ridges, arising in early development and continuing through the first 18 months of life, are a visual icon for intelligence itself. Peeling back the layers of this ...

This is a summary of a story published by the Duke School of Medicine. Duke researcher Debra Silver is convinced that to get meaningful answers about the brain, she needs to come at it in three ...

The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ that supports numerous sophisticated behaviors and abilities that are observed in no other animal species. For centuries, scientists have been trying ...

When you're listening to a familiar language, you hear individual words, but what if the language is unfamiliar? UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Speaking Japanese). SUMMERS: Unless you speak Japanese, that ...

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Protest is everywhere nowadays, from the revolution in Nepal to Italians shutting down their country for days on end and, of course, people here in the United States protecting their communities in ...

Researchers at University of California, San Francisco and Imperial College London have shown that a single dose of psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms, causes likely ...