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A recently published study shows that unless they speak in a confident tone of voice, you’re less likely to believe someone who speaks with an accent. And, interestingly, as you make this decision different parts of your brain are activated, depending …

Existing personality tests have long been criticized by experts as unreliable. New ‘big data’ research, however, reveals four solid personality clusters.

Neuroscientists have found the neural wiring underlying predictive eye-tracking of movements and watched in monkeys as the circuit is set to predict a given speed. They say the neurons of the brain’s sensory and motor systems are guided by a combinatio…

A new study establishes the pig as promising preclinical research model for traumatic brain injury and epilepsy.

The brain’s lymphatic vessels appear to carry previously unknown messages from the brain to the immune system that ultimately cause the disease symptoms. Blocking those messages may offer doctors a new way to treat a potentially devastating condition t…

When recovering from a brain injury, getting back in the swing of things may be more effective than a prolonged period of rest, according to a new study in mice. These findings offer a compelling example of the brain’s remarkable capacity to adapt in r…

Parents should be aware that significant changes in concussion treatment have emerged in recent years. Primarily, there has been a major shift to promoting active recovery — including a quick return to social, academic, and athletic activities, as wel…

The placebo effect is stronger in some people than in others. A new study unlocks the psychological and neuroanatomical differences between these people.

In this Spotlight, we explore the phenomenon that is lucid dreaming. We explain what it is, what to do to achieve it, and whether it brings any risks.

Researchers have created a massive database of the changes in gene activity of individual cells in the cerebellum during embryonic development and immediately after birth. The analysis of thousands of brain cells isolated from mice offers researchers a…