Ideally, the brain functions and focuses on deeper-level thinking for about 90 to 120 minutes at a time, then benefits from about 20 minutes of rest so it can refuel, explains Julie Fratantoni, Ph.D., a cognitive neuroscientist in Texas, adding that “Attention is a finite resource, so we have to protect it.”

Previous brain implants have enabled people with paralysis to either speak or move, but a new, larger one enabled them to do both simultaneously via an avatar

How does your brain decide whether to hit “send” on a risky email or delete the draft? Two neighboring parts of it argue with each other until one overrules the other. Researchers created a video game to see what players’ brains were doing while making risk-reward decisions.

New neurotechnology could eventually help people who have lost speech faculties due to stroke or brain conditions

Neuroscientists have made a major advance in modeling the human brain in mice, offering a new way to study conditions like cerebral palsy. Ethicists ask if it changes how these mice should be treated.

Scientists found up to 20% less dopamine nerve density in long COVID patients, and say the damage tracks closely with specific symptoms.

But models of the insect’s nervous system have been trained to solve a Rubik’s Cube, play video games and even parallel park a car.

The recently released "connectome" joins a previously completed map of an adult female fruit fly’s brain. The digital 3D diagrams allow scientists to trace precise neural paths in the bugs’ brains, wh