Metformin has been prescribed to people with type 2 diabetes to manage blood sugar for more than 60 years, but scientists ...

For decades, scientists have mapped attention, memory, language, and reasoning to separate brain networks — yet one big mystery remained: why does the mind feel like a single, unified system?

A tennis return can look almost automatic. The ball comes off the racket, crosses the court in a blur, and somehow a player ...

Understanding how the brain works requires more than studying single regions in isolation. The cerebral cortex depends on long-distance connections that link specialized areas into coordinated ...

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A hormone that reverses obesity in mice appears to work by signaling to a brain region involved in metabolism and appetite ...

In the different rooms, the workings of the brain are illustrated by drawings of the men carrying out various tasks. The caption reads, “Imagine your brain as the executive branch of a big business.

A new paper published in Cell Reports, in which researchers work with primates, sheds some light on the question. Researchers ...

Individuals with autism interpret information, emotions, and sensory input differently than the neurotypical population. Although behaviour changes such as less eye contact or repeated movements are ...