Host Rachel Feltman and behavioral scientist Coltan Scrivner explore our fascination with fear and what drives our obsession with all things spooky.

Researchers have recently confirmed the existence of a glymphatic system in the human brain, similar to what has been observed in mice, using MRI scans to track dye in the cerebrospinal fluid of brain ...

Ultra-Powered MRI Scans Show Damage to Brain's 'Control Center' Is Behind Long-Lasting COVID-19 Symptoms Oct. 7, 2024 — Damage to the brainstem -- the brain's 'control center' -- is behind long ...

A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a small brain and an ...

The anatomy of the brain involves key regions including the brain stem, cerebellum, lobes of the cerebral cortex, and specific glands (the pituitary, for example) needed to maintain life and health.

Background For more than 15 years, deep brain stimulation (DBS) has served as a last-resort treatment for severe ... a naturalistic open-label design over 1 year to evaluate the effects of DBS in the ...

unable to accurately extract subjects’ internal evaluation. In this paper, we propose a hidden brain state-based kernel inverse reinforcement learning (HBS-KIRL) method to accurately infer the subject ...

Brain imaging refers to the usually non-invasive or minimally invasive techniques that enable imaging the structure or function of the brain. Brain imaging techniques take advantage of X-rays ...

Explore the mysteries of the human brain! Find out how discoveries in neuroscience provide insights into how students learn—and how to engage them in the classroom.

An MRI refers to magnetic resonance imaging scans. Unlike CT scans that use X-rays, MRIs use radio waves and magnetic fields to create an image of your internal organs and bones. Medicare may cove ...