For millions of people, losing their sense of smell quietly reshapes daily life. Meals lose nuance, familiar places feel ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Nature Communications, reveals how rhythmic brain waves known as alpha oscillations help us distinguish between our own body and the external world ...

Study shows alpha brain wave frequency shapes how the brain integrates touch and vision to create the feeling that your body ...

The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...

The results revealed that the speed of alpha brain waves in the parietal cortex plays a key role. This region of the brain ...

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

Sensory overload is often about uncertainty and how long the brain has to stay engaged—especially in autism and ADHD.

When my son had strange visual disturbances, I learned he had AIWS, a rare but temporary condition. Here's my family's ...

To study how a key chemical neuromodulator affects signaling in the brain's cortex, Garrett Neske, PhD, has received a three-year, $300,000 grant from the Whitehall Foundation, a nonprofit ...

Every moment, the brain balances signals that unfold at different speeds. Some arrive in milliseconds, such as a sudden sound ...

Warmth and cold shape body awareness, emotions, and mental health in ways science is only starting to understand.