11 September 2024
Far from being a behavioural quirk, obsessive-compulsive disorder is a debilitating condition with complex causes that we're just beginning to understand. We should treat it as such, and stop with the misguided quips
5 June 2024
In animal tests, a cube of hydrogel the length of a rice grain was implanted in the brain with a needle to monitor temperature or pressure, and then dissolved away after a few weeks
25 April 2024
Mice that had been genetically modified to lack the ability to smell could sniff out hidden cookies when sensory neurons from rats were grown in their brains
22 February 2024
An artificial intelligence can interpret a mouse's brain activity to tell scientists where the animal is located and the direction it is looking
19 February 2024
The extent to which men's and women's brains differ has been a contentious debate. Now an AI can distinguish between male and female brain scans with around 90 per cent accuracy
3 May 2023
Researchers have put together a 30-second movie clip based on a group of mice's brain activity data that was recorded while they watched the footage
2 February 2023
Lab-grown neurons were transplanted into the brains of rats with damaged visual cortexes. After two months, the neurons responded when the rats saw flashing lights
27 January 2023
Prairie voles still form social bonds without oxytocin sensors in the brain. The findings challenge the long-held belief that the hormone is a crucial part of the bonding process for all mammals
14 December 2022
Researchers used MRI scans and an algorithm to measure the stiffness and resilience to pressure of the brain in living people
25 July 2022
We know that air pollution is bad for our lungs and heart, but now advisers to the UK government say it can also be linked to dementia and cognitive decline in older people
