Some brain signals once thought to be "noise" actually encode useful information. Lessons from the physics of flow encourage us to reconsider these unpredictable signals and now scientists are finding uses for them in medicine.

Learn about some of the most abundant cells in your brain with the help of Nancy Neuron.

Perspective-taking can help us understand what it’s like to live with Parkinson’s disease.

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The millions of microorganisms residing in the gut form our “second brain.”

As we age, connections between brain cells weaken and cells can't communicate with each other as effectively, leading to problems with memory and cognitive ability.

Proprioception is your sense of your body’s position in space, and without it you wouldn’t be able to walk or scratch your nose with your eyes closed.

When you dance, your brain is behind your moves: your ears that hear, your foot that taps. It’s a synchrony of different brain parts working together to coordinate your rhythm and beat.

We sense a lot about our environment but are only conscious of some of it. One theory, the global workspace theory, attempts to explain how the brain decides what to pay attention to.

Phantom limb syndrome is a condition in which people feel a limb that is not there. There are a few leading theories on why these sensations occur.