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.

Your brain responds to why you're drinking, not just what you're drinking

Drinking for relief produces a different reaction in the brain than drinking for reward does

Elizabeth Burnette, University of California, Los Angeles

April 13, 2021

Neuroscience has a part in why you're playing Taylor Swift's songs on repeat

Sarah Anderson, Northwestern University

2 peer comments

April 8, 2021

The neurons that make fruit flies interested in sex are turned on by song

Ashley E Peppriell, University of Rochester

March 2, 2021

The mother's gut microbiome helps a child's brain develop its senses

Simon Spichak, Neuroscience

1 peer comment

November 8, 2020

A potential new treatment for premature aging diseases keeps stem cells fresh longer

Deanna MacNeil, Cell Biology

November 5, 2020

Brain banks are key to understanding COVID's mysterious symptoms, but only if people are willing to donate

Kathryn Vaillancourt, McGill University

3 peer comments

October 20, 2020

The protein Klotho could extend the life of the brain. Is that a good thing?

Dan Samorodnitsky, Senior Editor

October 18, 2020

Neuroscientist seeks love molecule: a conversation with Bianca Jones Marlin

Claudia López Lloreda, University of Pennsylvania

October 17, 2020

A proposal to use CRISPR to prevent opioid overdoses is a useless approach to healthcare

Nicholas McCarty, New York University

2 peer comments

September 17, 2020

Yeast could soon make psilocybin cheaper than their magic mushroom cousins can

New work could even lead to psychedelic intermediates not previously available in large quantities

Sarah Laframboise, University of Ottawa

1 peer comment

September 1, 2020

New research uses CRISPR gene editing to grow new neurons in diseased brains

Sahana Sitaraman, National Centre for Biological Sciences, India

2 peer comments

August 18, 2020

Scientists put visions of letters in blind people's brains

Meredith Schmehl, Duke University

6 peer comments

July 31, 2020

Paralyzed man has sense of touch restored by brain-machine interface

Hayden Kee, Fordham University

2 peer comments

July 29, 2020

What makes something smell good or bad?

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

5 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

Flashing headlamps, retroreflective clothing, and gear with LED lights increase invisibility even when car headlights are used

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 López Lloreda, University of Pennsylvania

7 peer comments

January 13, 2020

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

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

Physicist Max Tegmark explains why AI will help humanity flourish

Will it ever be possible to measure subjective experience?

A animated journey into the questions of consciousness posed by Christof Koch and David Chalmers