Our knack for recognizing faces helps us communicate with those around us and learn about our environment.

Conspiracy theories take advantage of our pattern-seeking brains by grabbing attention, triggering strong emotions, and giving meaning to random events. Researchers think dopamine could be to blame when people forgo the facts for fiction.

Like a gardener trimming the excess branches of a tree, synaptic pruning clears away unneeded connections between neurons.

How choices are framed can drastically influence our decisions ¬¬— even when outcomes are identical.

Regularly consuming fatty foods sets off a chain of events in the body that increase the risk of stroke.

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

The brain stores memories by changing how neurons talk to each other.

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.

Learn about the reward prediction error hypothesis as it applies to addiction and reward cues in thebrain.

Believing a treatment will work can change how you respond to it — even when it’s fake.