Neuroscientists study the brain to solve puzzles — piecing together understandings across topics like emotions, rare disorders, and consciousness. But often, new findings raise more questions.

Sunlight informs your circadian rhythm and trains you to sleep at night. Your cell phone light can throw this off balance and damage your sleep habits.

How well can you see in the dark? Your retinas have specialized nerve cells that help, but your brain makes things even clearer through a process called contrast gain control.

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.

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.

The blood-brain barrier protects your brain by ensuring the important things stay in while pathogens stay out.

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Some studies suggest practicing yoga is associated with greater gray matter volume, decreased depression, and enhanced production of proteins important for plasticity, learning, and memory.

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.

Join Professor Amelie and Professor Rosie as they share how tiny cells in our brains called neurons talk to each other to power our brains.