The discovery of small molecules that act as inhibitors of enzymes, small machines in cells, that are involved in the chemical modification of proteins...

Yes, according to a USA Today article on a study that says that both sexes speak about 16,000 words a day.

The ability to exercise voluntary control over one?s own actions forms a central aspect of what it means to be human. The number of possible responses...

An interesting sci-art collaboration between University of Calgary researchers and artists Alan Dunning and Paul Woodrow, attempting to visualize thought...

We often make decisions based on imperfect information from a variety of potentially conflicting sources. A new experiment reveals how monkeys and their...

There are many things in the world around us, too many for the brain to process in detail at the same time. A lot of these things, however,...

A recent brain-imaging study shows that our political predilections are a product of unconscious confirmation bias. Psychologist Drew Westen,...

This is CBS News on a new gene therapy treatment for the incurable brain disorder that affects millions of Americans.

At Professor Adam Kolber's Neuroethics & Law Blog, I learned of a new article now in press at the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience...