Curses, swears, and cussing are treated in a different way in our brains than our more proper and acceptable speech.

Research at the Calgary Brain Bank bridges the gap between exploratory animal models and human clinical trials. It may also upend decades of thinking about Alzheimer’s in the process.

When the Calgary Brain Bank receives a donation, neuroscientist Jeffrey Joseph meticulously divvies up tissue samples for researchers to study.

In the human retina, low-light-sensitive rods outnumber color-sensing cones by about twenty to one.

The six layers of cells comprising the cerebral cortex are responsible for some of the most complex functions in the brain.

Around the world, women are more likely than men to be diagnosed with depression.

Your brain changes as you grow, but what happens after the growth spurt? Neuroscientist Nick Spitzer debunks the myth that your brain is done maturing after the teen years.

Special sensory organs allow fish to detect the slightest vibrations in the water around them.

It isn’t just your ears that allow you to hear, or just your eyes that allow you to see — it’s your brain.

The introduction of the post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis in 1980 affirmed that traumatic experiences, even absent physical injury, could have enduring consequences for brain function and mental health.