Where does imagination come from? A new fMRI study in Neuron reveals that mental imagery emerges from the brain's association ...

The limbic system of the human brain controls emotions. While researchers don’t know all the structures within it, some key parts include the amygdala, hippocampus, limbic cortex, and hypothalamus.

Parts of the brain are "rewired" when people learn computer programming, according to new research. Scientists watched university students’ brains as they learned to code. The team used functional ...

Our bodies constantly work to maintain balance, not by staying the same, but by actively predicting needs. The central nervous system (CNS) monitors the body's status through internal signals, a ...

In recent decades, neuroscience has seen some stunning advances, and yet a critical part of the brain remains a mystery. I am referring to the cerebellum, so named for the Latin for “little brain,” ...

Thomas Andrillon receives funding from the Human Frontier Science Program and the National Health and Medical Research Council. Jennifer Windt receives funding from the Australian Research Council and ...