Neuroscience

Black Americans face higher hurdles in diagnosis and treatment of frontotemporal dementia, the most common form of dementia for people under 60

Instead of just asking questions about how exercise helps our bodies, let’s also consider how it helps our brains

With an injection of rat cells, mouse brains that were genetically engineered to be unable to smell could detect odors and even track down an Oreo cookie stash

Dodgy studies and fantastic claims have long powered a belief in devious Russian brain weapons, from mind control to microwave devices   

Brain size in one Massachusetts community has steadily increased since the 1930s, possibly explaining why dementia is trending lower nationwide

Movies and TV shows frequently depict physical and biological sciences well, but often depict psychological and brain sciences poorly. Here’s why, and what we can do about it

Experts describe ways to turn down the volume, from earbuds to smartphone apps that detect harmful noise levels

Certain brain layers specialize in particular waves—which might aid understanding of neuropsychiatric disorders

The new science of "exposomics" shows how air pollution contributes to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, bipolar disorder and other brain diseases

Insertion of genetic material from a virus into the genome of a vertebrate ancestor enabled the lightning-quick electrical impulses that give animals with backbones their smarts

We think that what we see represents stone-cold reality. Science has found out how wrong we can be.

From the time I learned to read, I have experienced a form of mental closed-captioning called ticker-tape synesthesia