Researchers have begun to reveal how creating visual art affects brain function.

This website includes a menu of lessons to involve students in neuroscience and spread the word about brain research to the public.

The ability to react quickly in response to threatening events has been with us since the time of our earliest ancestors.

Facial recognition is a key social skill, but one in 50 people have trouble recognizing familiar faces.

Genes and the environment converge powerfully during early sensitive windows of brain development to form the neural circuits underlying behavior. Although most neuronal cell death occurs in the embryo, the paring down of connections occurs in large part during critical periods in early postnatal life.

Cells within the nervous system, called neurons, communicate with each other in unique ways. The neuron is the basic working unit of the brain.

Do lost connections between brain regions guarantee impaired function? Imaging techniques show normal functional activity in people with missing links, spurring scientists to say: not necessarily.

Trespassing dendrites may be key to the development of epilepsy.

Recent studies on the prevalence of brain diseases and disorders provide a stunning picture of mental health in Europe.

Colm Kelleher explains how humans can see everything from auburn to aquamarine.