Men with restless legs syndrome already have a hard time sleeping. Now they have something else to worry about. A new study finds that these men may n...
By Chris Palmer Once thought to be a low-level form of pain, itch is instead a distinct sensation with a dedicated neural circuit linking cells in th...
There is an order or organization in destructive human behavior which can be illuminated with research and clinical observation -- and can have many implications for intervention. Neuroscience is providing a major piece of the puzzle towards this understanding -- but only a piece.
I thought to myself that if Bobby, a senior in high school, a young man with his whole life in front of him, wasn't asking "why," then I had no right to do so. Instead, I told myself I would find a purpose, a purpose for this brain tumor.
This question originally appeared on Quora. Answer by Paul King, Computational Neuroscientist, Software Entrepreneur While it is not known for sur...
By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - The scientists call it a "brain link," and it is the closest anyone has gotten to a real-life "mi...
Imagine having a child with a rare neurological disease -- and then being told that removing half the brain is the only treatment. This was the case f...
During DBS surgery, we now have the ability to watch individual neurons working alone and together in the awake human brains of people with a variety of neurological conditions.
The neurons setting our heart racing, our skin to sweating, and our stomach churning, are draped in a network throughout the body cavity next to the organs they control, completely outside the brain and spinal cord.
By Ramez Naam Ramez Naam is adjunct faculty at Singularity University and fellow at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Ramez ex...
I know that as a medical student and a fellow miraculous survivor, I should, like Jill Bolte Taylor, maturely and gracefully appreciate the awesome intricacies and tenacious strength of the brain. Instead, I'm totally disgusted by it.
Why is it impossible to stop thinking, to render the mind a complete blank? —John Hendrickson, via email Barry Gordon, professor of neurology and c...
Why are heterosexual men so fascinated by women's breasts that we sometimes act as if the breasts are the seat of the soul?
Tickr is a tool that helps our brains function as a part of the larger, rapidly changing social universe in which we live today.
In study after study, researchers have discovered clear signs of active consciousness in dozens of vegetative patients. A 2009 study found that 40 percent of patients diagnosed as vegetative are at least somewhat conscious.
We know why we feel acute pain: You place your hand on a hot burner accidentally, your brain registers the sensation and instructs you instantaneously...
Mayo Clinic's president and CEO not only teaches us to surround ourselves with smart people and listen to them but urges us to exercise integrative thinking, to encourage innovation, and to lead through serving.
By Gisela Telis on 25 June 2012, 3:15 PM Stress really does mess with your mind. A new study has found that chronic stress can create many of th...
What happens when believers attempt to communicate with their God? If the brain did not evolve a system for conversing with highly abstract invisible entities, what brain systems activate when it does?
In the face of this tidal wave of uncertainty brought on by technology, the primordial structures of our brains are working overtime, with often debilitating, even toxic, consequences.
As science makes a reality of what has been science fiction, we will face questions of how to best apply neurotechnologies. Should they be limited to helping those who have illnesses? Or should they bolster the performance of a wartime soldier, enable a C student to get As, or supercharge CEOs?
What's it like not to recognize your best friend's face? How about your mother's--or your child's? What sounds unimaginable to most people is a daily ...
We can guess what our brains go through while we're dancing; we experience euphoria, elation, happiness, and probably nervousness for those with two l...
Recently, a reporter asked me, "Is it true that we only use 10 percent of our brain?" As a neurologist, I reassured her that this idea is patently false.
Giving your brain a spring makeover will not only help you think clearer, but it will keep you looking younger and more radiant.
