Researchers discovered that certain human brain cells evolved unusually fast, altering autism-linked gene activity.

Summary: A new study suggests that autism may be linked to the rapid evolution of brain cell types unique to humans. Researchers found that outer-layer neurons in the human brain evolved far more ...

Globally, autism affects about 1 in 100 children, according to the World Health Organization. In the U.S., the rate is closer to 1 in 31, or 3.2%. That’s far higher than what researchers observe in ...

Scientists have for the first time located the "mileage clock" inside a brain - by recording the brain activity of running ...

What happens when you listen to speech at a different speed? Neuroscientists thought that your brain may turn up its ...

Researchers at Lehigh University are exploring tiny lab-grown brain organoids to unlock the secrets of the brain’s efficiency ...

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Coimbra have discovered that the human brain organizes hand movements much like an alphabet — combining a small set of simple motions ...

Modern imaging is contributing significantly to giving us a better understanding of how our brains work. In the long term, this will also help us to treat learning disorders in a more targeted way and ...

New research suggests that the evolution of the human brain may explain why autism is more common in humans than in other ...

Navigating a busy street, a new city, or even your own home requires more than just memory of landmarks. Deep inside your brain, specialized networks act like a compass, constantly recalibrating so ...

When a baby babbles and their parents respond, these back-and-forth exchanges are more than adorable-if-incoherent chatter—they help to build a baby's emerging language skills.

In a Genomic Press Interview published today in Brain Medicine, Dr. Alex Tsompanidis highlights an exciting new idea that ...