What if the brain prepares your actions before you ever “decide”—and what does that really mean for free will?

The race to understand the brain has just crossed a threshold that once belonged to science fiction. Using one of the world’s ...

A simple 10-second balance test reveals much about your health. Standing on one leg engages your brain, nerves, muscles, and ...

From interactive diagrams to A.I. assistants, virtual tools are beginning to supplant physical dissections in some classrooms ...

If Paris is to France and Rome is to Italy, Tokyo is to... What would the correct answer be?If you took Part 1, you already ...

Even newer “minimally invasive” ideas, like stent-mounted electrodes deployed through blood vessels, still require a catheter ...

Pia mater is the brain's innermost and most delicate covering, acting as an invisible, inseparable skin that clings to every fold, and protects the cerebral cortex and spinal cord The pia mater is the ...

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“Grey’s Anatomy” star Kate Walsh is opening up about a health scare she faced years ago. During a recent appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” the 57-year-old actress recalled being diagnosed with ...

Not revised: This Reviewed Preprint includes the authors’ original preprint (without revision), an eLife assessment, public reviews, and a provisional response from the authors. The paper by Boch and ...

Teachers’ beliefs matter for student learning—but myths about the brain can be easily spread and hard to dislodge. The vast majority of active and future teachers—and even more of the general public ...