Neuroscience

Imagine if we could correct genetic mutations as easily as correcting a typo in Microsoft Word, and thereby cure Alzheimer’s, depression and other neurological disorders. Sounds like the plot of a sci-fi film, right? According to neuroscientist Gabriele Lignani, this ...

Understanding the most complex organ in the human body is no easy task. But certain techniques are uncovering more and more about the structure and makeup of the human brain — by mapping it. Gaelle Coullon tells us more.

When a baby is born with brain damage, doctors have only six hours to detect and reverse the injury. Ping Yip walks us through the race against the clock to save the precious lives of newborns, and the innovative research ...

Human memory is an intriguing thing. On the one hand, we forget things all the time. On the other, there are things we never seem to forget. How could this be though? Memory researcher Flavia Schechtman Belham explains.

Movements and perceptions are often thought to stand independently from each other — on the contrary, the human brain is always performing a multitude of cognitive processes. Alejandro Galvez-Pol reveals the complexity of the human mind to answer the overwhelming ...