How do scientists come up with new ideas? Brain scans show that scientific creativity requires the brain’s imagination, ...

When choosing between milk and eggs, Democrats and Republicans buy the exact same grocery items. However, a neuroimaging ...

A study by the University of Portsmouth in England has mapped the biological journey of anxiety in the brain when people are faced with a no-win situation. Imagine you're stuck between two bad options ...

Researchers have developed a new method that greatly improves the accuracy of brain-state classification with functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). The brain-imaging technique fNIRS allows ...

An international team led by the University of Michigan has introduced new methods that reveal which regions of the brain were active throughout the day with single-cell resolution. Using mouse models ...

A single session of physical exercise can spawn a boost of neural activity in brain networks that underlie learning and memory, according to a new study led by the University of Iowa. The researchers ...

Sleep brain activity can reveal early dementia risk by measuring brain age. New study shows a simple way to understand brain ...