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Human intelligence is being defined and measured for the first time ever. It turns out that the more variable a brain is, and the more its different parts frequently connect with each other, the higher a person’s IQ and creativity are.

A single chemical receptor in the brain is responsible for a range of symptoms in mice that are reminiscent of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to a Duke University study that appears…

Fear memory encoding, the process responsible for persistent reactions to trauma-associated cues, is influenced by a sparse but potent population of inhibitory cells called parvalbumin-interneurons…

Children’s expectations of when or if they will marry, particularly if they will marry young, are heavily influenced by the experiences of their mothers.

Our taste in music comes from our cultural exposure, not from a natural human tendency to prefer one sound over another, say researchers.

If we are in a relationship we are more likely to be attracted to faces resembling our own, but for single people, opposites attract.

The neural architecture in the auditory cortex — the part of the brain that processes sound — of profoundly deaf and hearing people is virtually identical, a new study has found. The study raises a host of new questions about the role of experience i…

A single brain receptor is responsible for a range of symptoms in mice that are reminiscent of obsessive-compulsive disorder, according to a new study. The findings suggest that OCD and other psychiatric disorders could be amenable to treatment using a…

Using the example of the fruit fly, a team of biologists has identified patterns in the genetic activity of brain cells and taken them as a basis for drawing conclusions about the structure of the brain.

Researchers have developed a method to measure how the brain responds to electrical stimulation and use the response to maximize efficacy of deep brain stimulation (DBS) — a therapy that has been successfully used to treat advanced stages of Parkinson…