The study of gender differences in brain anatomy is one of the most fascinating paths that scientists have chosen in their quest to understand the workings of the human brain. The secret to ...

Researchers have mapped out the neural pathway that humans use to perceive cool temperatures and found that it's separate ...

A new study seems to go against previous claims, showing that Lucy’s brain would have been quite ape-like—and yet, it also demonstrates human-like patterns in the way it develops.

So what information does brain mapping actually offer? It will certainly give us a better idea of where one region ends and the next begins, for a closer understanding of behavior-brain ...

The process of preserving H. M.'s brain is illustrated on the following pages of this article. This article is a sample from DISCOVER's special Brain issue, available only on newsstands through June ...