We've never had an agreed-upon model for how the mind works; people have suffered from misinformed theories and treatments as a result. The work of today's behavioral neuroscientists deserves extra scrutiny as they develop treatments for mental health, explore the nature of consciousness, and further the development of artificial intelligences.

What makes something smell good or bad?

The science of stink

Weihong Lin, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Rakaia Kenney, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Kayla Lemons, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

June 16, 2020

Rare spindle-shaped neurons from deep inside the brain recorded for the first time

Burcin Ikiz, Neuroscience

3 peer comments

June 2, 2020

Your language brain matters more for learning programming than your math brain

Amy Nippert, University of Minnesota

2 peer comments

May 12, 2020

A new machine can translate brain activity directly into written sentences

Thiago Arzua, Medical College of Wisconsin

April 12, 2020

While you sleep, specialized neurons in your brain help you forget

Kamila Kourbanova, Johns Hopkins University

5 peer comments

April 7, 2020

Day or night, retroreflective and light-up gear can save pedestrians' and cyclists' lives

Rajaram Bhagavathula, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

April 5, 2020

Your brain adjusts your body's clock according to all the colors of the rainbow

Anisha Kalidindi, Ohio State University

3 peer comments

March 7, 2020

Your brain isn't the same in virtual reality as it is in the real world

Dori Grijseels, University of Sussex

1 peer comment

February 9, 2020

Lead poisoning hits low-income children harder than their affluent neighbors

Claudia Lopez-Lloreda, University of Pennsylvania

7 peer comments

January 13, 2020

Connecting brains to machines may let bacteria come along for the ride

Brain-machine interfaces like Elon Musk's Neuralink have come a long way, but biological limitations remain

Amy Nippert, University of Minnesota

3 peer comments

December 15, 2019

Miniature brains the size of a pea are sending out brainwaves for the first time

Thiago Arzua, Medical College of Wisconsin

3 peer comments

December 10, 2019

You live in a mostly 2D world, but the map in your brain charts the places you've been in 3D

Dori Grijseels, University of Sussex

2 peer comments

November 17, 2019

Daylight saving time is bad for your health

Anisha Kalidindi, Ohio State University

3 peer comments

November 2, 2019

Some brains are more susceptible to PTSD after trauma than others

Claudia Lopez-Lloreda, University of Pennsylvania

2 peer comments

October 9, 2019

Feel like quitting? Blame your brain cells

Claudia Lopez-Lloreda, University of Pennsylvania

3 peer comments

August 21, 2019

The right kind of post-stroke experience can rewire the brain for long-term recovery

3 peer comments

August 13, 2019

A protein in your brain behaves like a virus, infecting your cells with memories

Yewande Pearse, LA Biomed

August 7, 2019

How do we measure pain, anyway?

Jeremy Delahanty, UC Davis

4 peer comments

July 22, 2019

Those few cigarette puffs during adolescence might have altered your brain

Researchers have found that even occasional cigarette use is enough to affect the volume and connectivity of developing brains

Constanza Paulina Silva Gallardo, Pennsylvania State University

1 peer comment

June 30, 2019

Loneliness is an epidemic, and we can turn to technology to fix it

Sophie Okolo, Health Technology

3 peer comments

June 26, 2019

CRISPR nanoparticles are the next big hope in Alzheimer’s disease treatments

Tara Fernandez, Cell Biology

June 20, 2019

Testing drugs on stem cells in petri dishes may revolutionize our understanding of difficult-to-study diseases

Carina Seah, University of Southern California

4 peer comments

June 9, 2019

People with narcolepsy process humor differently

Quinn Eastman, Emory University

May 24, 2019

Microglia may be the missing clue to solve the opioid epidemic

Sara Whitestone, Université de Bordeaux

2 peer comments

May 23, 2019

Being a Pokémon Master in childhood permanently alters your brain

Hannah Thomasy, University of Washington

2 peer comments

May 20, 2019

Neuroscience should take sex differences in the brain more seriously

Aarthi Gobinath, Neuroscience

8 peer comments

May 15, 2019

There won't be a cure for Alzheimer's disease in our lifetime

Norman A. Paradis, Dartmouth College

April 25, 2019

The medical jump from mice to humans just got easier

Machine learning technology could help researchers determine what mouse data are useful when designing human clinical trials

Kimberly McCoy, Biochemistry

4 peer comments

April 18, 2019

When finding a mate, intelligence matters to female parakeets

Therese Koch, Neuroscience

2 peer comments

April 15, 2019

Humans are two developmental stages away from monkeys

James R. Howe VI, UC San Diego

2 peer comments

April 11, 2019

Should parents fear potatoes as much as screens?

Jack Barton, University of Manchester

1 peer comment

March 18, 2019

Scientists sent thoughts from brain to brain with nothing in between

Jordan Harrod, Harvard University

1 peer comment

March 11, 2019

Scientists have got the recipe for growing miniature human brains just right

Paige Winokur, Rockefeller University

January 22, 2019

This is how the light from your phone breaks your internal clock

Jackie Grimm, Princeton University

November 14, 2018

With new technology, mind control is no longer science-fiction

Lily Toomey, Curtin University

October 10, 2018

It's time to focus on the connection between biology and consciousness

Ashley Juavinett, UC San Diego

June 22, 2018

That bossy GPS voice isn't actually necessary for navigating

New research suggests our brains update an internal 'cognitive map' when the environment changes

Lauren Mackenzie Reynolds, McGill University

April 16, 2018

People ask about my experiments on mice. The answers are … complicated

Ashley Juavinett, UC San Diego

December 27, 2017

The beautiful merger of art and science that inspired generations of neuroscientists

Elle O'Brien, Computational Neuroscience

November 30, 2017

Artificial intelligence isn't a 'black box.' It's a key to studying the brain

Daniel Bear, Stanford University

November 7, 2017

Scientists have learned to grow brain tissue to 100x (just add water)

Gregory Logan-Graf, Carnegie Mellon University

3 peer comments

November 1, 2017

Why scientists are exploring sleep deprivation as a treatment for depression

Jack Barton, University of Manchester

1 peer comment

October 30, 2017

How machine learning is helping neuroscientists understand the brain

Daniel Bear, Stanford University

October 18, 2017

Can we reverse the effects of drugs on developing brains?

Lauren Mackenzie Reynolds, McGill University

October 17, 2017

International collaboration is the best way to understand the complexities of the brain

Maya Emmons-Bell, UC Berkeley

October 10, 2017

The psychedelic renaissance is here. Will it last this time?

To avoid the mistakes of the past, scientists and society need to open their minds

Benjamin Bell, Johns Hopkins University

October 9, 2017

Does modern neuroscience really help us understand behavior?

Danbee Kim, Champalimaud Foundation

Gonçalo Lopes, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre

1 peer comment

October 3, 2017

How does the developing brain learn to perceive the world before it can see it?

Maya Emmons-Bell, UC Berkeley

3 peer comments

September 28, 2017

Can MDMA help people with autism overcome social anxiety?

Benjamin Bell, Johns Hopkins University

2 peer comments

September 27, 2017

How shaving mice led to an accidental discovery about our sense of touch

Gregory Logan-Graf, Carnegie Mellon University

3 peer comments

September 25, 2017

Physicist Max Tegmark explains why AI will help humanity flourish

Will it ever be possible to measure subjective experience?