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Humans are social creatures. But what leads to them being this way? To fully understand how the brain gives rise to social behaviors, we need to investigate it during social encounters. Moreover, we need to analyze not only the internal operations of one brain during social activities but also the dynamic interplay between multiple brains engaged in the same activity.

A new study has identified a marker in the brain that controls the ability to reach and grasp, a fundamental fine motor skill that is often impaired in motor or neural injuries such as a stroke.

The idea that spur-of-the-moment sex is the most passionate and satisfying is a deeply ingrained one in popular Western imagination, but new research from York University calls this into question.

Researchers have discovered a "thermal cortex" in the brain, a region responsible for the perception of temperature when we touch things.

Researchers have demonstrated that, contrary to popular belief, the barrier between the blood and the central nervous system remains largely intact in epilepsy.

Chronic stress affects the brain’s ability to regulate emotions—research at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is zeroing in on the key molecules involved.

Researchers from the University of Colorado have recently proposed that Alzheimer's disease is driven by diet and the relationship between fructose and our foraging instinct.

A new study has provided additional evidence that low brain pressure plays an important role in glaucoma cases where pressure inside the eye remains normal.

Scientists have detailed how the circadian and circannual cycles influence humans at the molecular level by measuring changes to gene activity inside cells across different types of tissues.

In pre-clinical trials using mice, researchers have shown that lion’s mane mushroom may improve memory and brain cell growth.