The newly developed platform thus offers unprecedented capabilities for functional whole-brain observations of fast calcium dynamics; in combination with optoacoustics' well-established capacity ...

Virtual Reality tricks the brain into adopting bionic body parts A robotic limb is most useful if it feels like its part of the body. VR offers a solution.

For example, there is a part of the brain, the insular cortex, that protects mammals from rotten food by creating a feeling of disgust.

The human brain can select relevant objects from a flood of information and edit out what is irrelevant. It also knows which parts belong to a whole. If, for example, we direct our attention to ...

Some smokers lose their cravings after experiencing damage to specific parts of the brain, suggesting these areas form a network that somehow fuels the habit ...

The brain is an organ made up of neural tissue and has three main parts: the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem. Each of these has a unique function.

New research suggests one part of the brain – the part that recognizes faces – continues to develop much longer than scientists thought.

The brain is a complex organ with many parts and functions. The left and right sides of the brain operate differently and are responsible for different bodily processes.