Researchers discovered how the brain flexibly switches communication pathways depending on context, balancing between memory recall and processing new information.

Our team of biomedical researchers at the Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine (part of the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research), in Manhasset, N.Y., has made great strides in learning the ...

How do brains turn environmental inputs into motor outputs? This question, known as the “black box” problem, has left ...

The Annie E. Casey Foundation is perhaps best known for its work helping America’s youth. Lisa Lawson, the president and CEO, has done extensive research into the development of teenagers. She joined ...

Scientists have discovered specialized IC-encoder neurons that make the brain “see” illusions, such as squares or triangles that aren’t truly there.

Brain health is the result of intricate communication between the nervous, immune, and endocrine systems. Traditionally, these systems were studied in ...

There are many changes that come with the seasons of life, and one thing we can do to help us navigate these is understand how to emotionally regulate our nervous system. Michelle Newton, ...

Your peripheral nervous system (PNS) is crucial to navigating daily life. It lets you walk, controls your eye movements, and rings your brain’s alarms when you step on a Lego brick. Yet researchers ...

With Lil Nas X’s history of publicity stunts, many fans initially believed this was another bizarre way to promote his upcoming music. As more details come out about what happened, it’s clear that’s ...

Federal officials are scrambling to assess the damage and address flaws in a sprawling, heavily used computer system long known to have vulnerabilities. By Adam Goldman Glenn Thrush and Mattathias ...

Doctors recommend foods like berries, nuts, fish packed with omega-3 fatty acids and even dark chocolate for neurological health. They also discourage foods high in sugar and saturated fat, which can ...

The Who frontman fell seriously ill with meningitis in 2015 and is still experiencing after-effects from the sickness Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...