What I learned trying to keep up with my 4-year-old daughter at the royal game.

Tantalizing evidence suggests that brain activity shifts to increase wisdom as we age.

With three times as many neurons, why doesn’t the elephant brain outperform ours?

Before Josh McDermott was a neuroscientist, he was a club DJ in Boston and Minneapolis. He saw first-hand how music could unite people in sound, rhythm, and emotion. “One of the reasons it was so fun to DJ is that, by playing different pieces of music, you can transform the vibe in a roomful of […]

The animals of neuroscience research are an eclectic bunch, and for good reason. Different model organisms—like zebra fish larvae, C. elegans worms, fruit flies, and mice—give researchers the opportunity to answer specific questions. The first two, for example, have transparent bodies, which let scientists easily peer into their brains; the last two have eminently tweakable […]

From ecstasy to withdrawal, the lover resembles an addict.