Evolution of the brain:
How did primate brains get so big?
How humans evolved supersize brains
Did seaweed make us who we are today?
Comparative mammalian brain collections
The evolution of modern human brain shape
The astonishing Paracus (Peru) elongated skulls
First came homo sapiens, then came the modern brain
Jawless fish brains more similar to ours than previously thought
Mammal forerunner that reproduced like a reptile sheds light on brain evolution
The cultural brain hypothesis: how culture drives brain expansion, sociality, and life history
Brain structure:
Brain explorer
Brain anatomy
Molecular brain
The gendered brain
Brain anatomy explorer
Take a trip through the brain
Are there bacteria in your brain?
Human brain, braincase evolved independently
Connecting the dots to undersatnd brain structure
Our brains do change from early to mid-adulthood
Protein imaging reveals detailed brain architecture
It's hard to think straight when your brain is asymmetric
Number of neurons makes human brain powerful, not structure
To digitize a brain, first slice 2000 times with a very sharp blade
Native language differences in the structural connectome of the human brain
Tin tunnels previously unknown to scientists found between the skull and brain
Cliques of neurons bound into cavities provide a missing link between structure and function
Brain connectivity and signaling:
Brain connectivity
Tracking information across the brain
Up-close and personal with neuronal networks
Predicting neural dynamics from neural connectivity
New method developed for analyzing synaptic density
Ion channel study beckons first whole brain simulation
Noise in the brain encodes surprisingly important signals
Reconstruction and simulation of neocortical microcircuitry
Searching for the hidden factors underlying the neural code
The mathematics of chaos and modeling the dynamical brain
Most complete human brain model to date is a 'brain changer'
Recurrent connections improve neural network models of vision
Glial brain cells, long in neuron's shadow, reveal hidden powers
Brain's 'background noise' may hold clues to persistent mysteries
Glial cells:
Glial cells, long in neurons' shadow, reveal secret powers
Neuroplasticity:
Neuroplasticity
Brain plasticity - the last frontier
Diversity in the brain - how millions of neurons become unique
Scientists capture first images of brain's microglia nibbling on neurons
Change in the brain: astrocytes finally getting the recognition they deserve
Brain mapping, modelling & visualization:
Journal of Neuroimaging
Speeding up big brain data analysis
Mapping the brain with data science
Searching for shape in neural activity
Imaging the brain at multiple size scales
Visualizing lymphatic vessels in the brain
How computationally complex is a single neuron?
Her key to modeling brains: ignore the right details
Flipping a protein switch to illuminate brain functions
Updated brain map identifies nearly 100 new regions
The conscious brain:
Deciphering the secrets of attention
Do brains operate at a tipping point?
Brains may teeter at their tipping point
A power law keeps the brain's perceptions balanced
Brains speed up perception by guessing what's next
Brain is 10 times more active than previously measured
Where is my mind? looking for the cortical conscious network
Scientists reveal the number of times you're actually conscious each minute
Brain intelligence:
Brain gain
The neural basis for number sense
How the brain creates a timeline of the past
Surprising discovery about how neurons talk to each other
Intelligence is correlated with fewer neural connections. not more
Study finds brains of girls and boys are similar, produing equal math ability
Memory:
How we recall the past
To remember, the brain must actively forget
Your brain remembers strangers by their smell
How we make, remember, and forget memories
Scientists watch a memory form in a living brain
The brain maps out ideas and memories like spaces
Internet hard drive: what's lost when we forget to remember
Light-triggered genes reveal the hidden workings of memory
Learning, memory, and the role of neural network architecture
Neuroscientists build case for new theory of memory formation
Past, Present & Future:
How our brain measures time
Brain scientists explore the how of when
Clock stars: astrocytes keep time for brain, behavior
To make sense of the present, brains may predict the future
Time cells in the human hippocampus and entorhinal cortex support episodic memory
Cognition, Perception & Learning:
Harnessing brain activity
Teaching the human brain
Brain's 'atlas' of words revealed
What lies beneath the brain's GPS
Neural mechanisms of skill learning
How the brain makes difficult decisions
Neural representation of physics concepts
Electrical brain stimulation enhances creativity
New theory about our perceptions of the world
Neuronal feedback could change what we 'see'
How brain architecture leads to abstract thought
Why is real-world visual object recogntion hard?
In mapping mistakes, a window to the inner mind
Brains speed up perception by guessing what's next
To pay attention, the brain uses filters, not a spotlight
How the brain produces consciousness in 'time slices'
How the brain links gestures, perception and meaning
Brain metabolism linked to intelligence in young adults
Goals and rewards redraw the brain's map of the world
The brain as computer: bad at math, good at everything else
Unique support system promotes cortex growth, connectivity linked to prowess
The social Bayesian brain: does mentalizing make a difference when we learn?
The brain learns completely differently than we've assumed since the 20th Century
Researchers identify how mental abilities are shaped by individual differences in the brain
Bodily Movements:
Decision making in action
How the brain triggers action
Relay station in the brain controls an array of movements
How animals map 3D spacesssurprises brain researchers
Discoveries of rotational dynamics add to puzzle of nearal computation
Breathing is coupled with voluntary action and the cortical readiness potential
Speech & Language:
New brain maps hint at cerebellum's role in cognition, language
Towards reconstructing intelligible speech from the human auditory cortex
Success in second language learning linked to genetic and brain measures
Revolutionary discovery about the human brain could lead to second-gen AI
Personality aspects of the brain:
The anatomy of pain
How the brain processes emotions
The second coming of Sigmund Freud
Rainy brain/sunny brain - cognitive bias
Turning down the brain to erase fearful memories
Personality traits linked to differences in brain structure
Psychology researchers map neaurological process of learning, deciding
Neural correlates of maintaining one's political beliefs in the face of counterevidence
Scientists discover that aggression causes new nerve cells to be generated in the brain
Tracking brain activity:
Brain command center
Researchers pinpoint where the brain unites our eyes
Scientists turn taste on & off by manipulating brain cells
Brain actvity is as unique - and identifying - as a fingerprint
Luminescent nanoparticles used to illuminate brain function
Scientists decode brain signals nearly at speed of perception
Consumption from within: how the brain controls our appetite
Scientists and artists create a stop-motion animation of the brain
Neural masses and fields: modeling the dynamics of brain activity
Scientists decode sentence signatures among brain activity patterns
Thinking on the go: why does the whole brain light up for just the smallest movements?
Scientists discover 11 dimensional structures that could help us understand how the brain works
Brain theory:
The empty brain
Natural News: brain info
Understanding the brain
The secret life of the brain
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Hit the reset button in your brain
TED talks regarding the human brain
It don't mean a thing if the brain ain't got that swing
How the heart influences what you perceive and fear
Old drugs offer a new route for exploring neural dynamics
Human Brain, Internet, and Cosmology: similar laws at work?
Brain waves could help predict how we respond to general anaesthetics
Learning the architectual features that predict functional similarity of neural networks
New efforts to relate brain structure and function reveal surprising properties of neural circuits
The brain at sleep:
Your brain on sleep
How sleep can heal our brains
Shedding light on the day-night cycle
What animals can tell us about sleeping
Humans evolved for better sleep in less time
Sleep evolved before brains. Hydras are living proof
While we sleep, our mind goes on an amazing journey
Duelling brain waves anchor or erase learning during sleep
Mammalian sleep dynamics: how diverse features arise from a common physiological framework
The young brain:
Neuroscience for kids
New reserach replicates the folding of a fetal human brain
Scientists are pioneering research on 'body maps' in babies' brains
Scientists identify timing of major metabolic shift in developing neurons
New research finds brain activation in children viewing large portions of food
Even before you can read, your brain has specific connections to help you learn
The aging brain:
A model for brain life history
Study reveals how brain multitasks
You can grow new brain cells, here's how
Does staying busy really benefit the brain?
Why the modern world is bad for your brain
Brain gains for older adults who start exercising
Bigger brains: complex brains for a complex world
New study highlights neuronal dynamism in adult brain
What brain imaging reveals about the nature of multitasking
Social feedback and the emergence of rank in animal society
Neuroscientist investigates how our social lives affect our brains
Aged neuurons can now be generated using stem cell technology
What scientists found inside the brains of 10 Russian cosmonauts
Researchers discover method to measure stiffness of arteries in the brain
Are similar processes at work in both brain development and cognitive decline
Impaired energy production may explain why brian is susceptible to age-related disease
The brain ages optimally to model its environment: evidence from sensory learning over the adult lifespan
Brain prosthetics:
Neuralink launch event
Bridging the bio-electronic device
Brain chip helps paralyzed man feel his fingers again
Dissolvable brain sensors disinegrate once their job is done
The human brain can reprogram itself to control prosthetic limbs
Listening to brain microcircuits for interfacing with external world - progress in wireless implantable device