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Managing Editor Marie Ellis reports on MNT’s top articles from February, as well as one of our most important guiding principles: empathy.

Hypnagogic hallucinations are imagined sensations that occur when a person is falling asleep. They can be distressing, but treatments are available.

Our bodies are not just passively growing older.

When we create a memory, a pattern of connections forms between neurons in the brain. New work shows how these connections can be strengthened or weakened at a molecular level.

A team of scientists has discovered that specific genes are linked to individual differences in brain anatomy in autistic children.

Do we really use just 10 percent of our brains? We take a look at brain facts and myths, and reveal tips for improving brain functioning.

As infants develop, they respond to social cues such as voices, faces and gestures. Their brain develops a network of regions that specialise in translating these cues, the ‘social brain’. A common observation in infants later diagnosed with Autism Spe…

Researchers have identified how the brain’s natural painkilling system could be used as a possible alternative to opioids for the effective relief of chronic pain, which affects as many as one in three people at some point in their lives.

We’ve all seen those social media posts about friends running marathons, going for a jog every morning, or signing up for a fitness program. The question is, how do they impact us?

Researchers have developed a new ‘smell virtual landscape’ that enables the study of how smells engage the brain’s navigation system. The work demonstrates, for the first time, that the mammalian brain can form a map of its surroundings based solely on…