Figuring out why mosquitoes prefer to feast on humans over other animals could help us design more effective repellants and prevent the spread of disease.

And other neuroscience news you may have missed in January 2024.

Whether they end up feathered, scaled, or hairy, all animals start out as a smooth ball of cells known as an embryo.

The cochlear implant is a near-miraculous device, widely considered the most effective brain-machine interface technology yet developed. Now, researchers are working to make this very good implant even better.

As machine-learning techniques advance, more data from molecular biological markers and neuroimaging can help clinicians predict disease progression and personalize treatments.

Robert King spent 29 years in solitary confinement for a crime he didn’t commit. He was freed in 2001 when a court reversed his conviction — but the effects of his isolation linger.

Using studies of families and brain imaging of children, researchers find potential biomarkers of risk.

How much does it hurt? Researchers are examining the neuroscience behind emotional and physical pain.

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are more common than you might think, and can cause severe problems for those affected.

How tightly is violence tied to mental illness? Not as tight as US journalism makes it appear, researchers say.