In the split second that is needed to view a stop sign and react to it, our brain navigates a complex process that ...

In the new study, the team wanted to investigate whether screening movies during fMRI scanning could give any insight into ...

In the split second that is needed to view a stop sign and react to it, our brain navigates a complex process that transitions seamlessly from perception to action control. This ability to halt or ...

It is one of a number of such brain networks, which also include the salience network and the executive control network. What is the salience network in the brain? Created with Sketch. This ...

Scientists discovered that the heart contains its own nervous system, called a "mini-brain." This system controls the ...

For decades, scientists believed the heart was a normal organ controlled entirely by the brain. Now, the picture just got a ...

Brain–machine interfaces (BMIs) have enabled a handful of test participants who are unable to move or speak to communicate ...

Circadian clocks control physiological processes and behavior in virtually all living organisms. Now an international research team has created a detailed map of the internal clock in the brain of the ...

I n a recent study published in Nature, researchers used advanced brain imaging techniques to explore how certain brain ...

Brain cells are increasingly being found outside the brain, and now researchers have identified specific neurons in the abdomen that control some aspects of digestion.