A recent study has identified how specific puberty hormones relate to the physical structure and functional wiring of the ...

For decades, researchers have documented an achievement gap between children from higher- and lower-income families. On ...

Your brain reacts to everything you do each day. New research shows that sleep, stress, diet, and environment shape brain health over time.

The human brain remains one of the most complex and least understood organs, but recent breakthroughs in genetic research have unveiled startling insights into how genes shape brain structure and ...

They also zoomed in on a key enzyme called ACLY. Think of it as a middleman that helps convert glucose into a form cells can use to grow and divide. By disrupting this enzyme, researchers could see ...

A largely overlooked structure inside our cells may play a crucial role in how the brain forms, offering new insight into ...

It's hard to think back that far! Scientific research has shown that learning to read changes the way our brains work. Not ...

The timing of trauma determines adult behavioral outcomes like aggression or social anxiety by impacting specific ...

During brain development, neurons extend long processes called axons. Axons link different areas of the brain and carry signals within it and to the rest of the body. Growing axons "wire up" the brain ...

Incoming information from the retina is channeled into two pathways in the brain's visual system: one that's responsible for processing color and fine spatial detail, and another that's involved in ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American When Emperor Akihito stepped down from the ...