Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

Faces are so important to social communication that we’ve evolved specialized brain cells just to recognize them, a new study ...

Scientists have uncovered a way to manipulate the pathway in monkey brains that puts the brakes on motivation.

In a new paper published in Current Biology, researchers describe a circuit in the brains of macaque monkeys that appears to ...

“We were able to causally link a specific brain pathway to a ‘brake’ on motivation when individuals face unpleasant tasks in ...

Your ability to notice what matters visually comes from an ancient brain system over 500 million years old.

Fixing the balance of a single brain circuit erased anxiety and social deficits in mice, revealing a powerful new target for ...

PRINCETON, N.J. — Every second, millions of neurons in your brain fight against distraction. While you read these words, your brain actively suppresses countless other signals, such as the hum of your ...

Procrastination has a name: the VS–VP circuit — and this team of researchers has ideas for how to switch it off ...

"This is the first neural circuit for temperature sensation in which the full pathway from the skin to the brain has been clearly identified." The cool signal activates when the skin is exposed to ...