Even when you know the placebo treatment isn't "real," believing it will make you feel better can ease emotional distress, a new study shows.

Researchers gave a new robot a "brain", human-like "skin," and vision sensors. The result? A much smarter robot.

"Reducing the amount of electrical power by an order of magnitude will eventually allow for at-home brain-machine interfaces."

First responders who were at the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001 are at risk of developing dementia, two new studies show.

The formation and collapse of microbubbles in spinal fluid may be to blame for some of the damage of traumatic brain injuries, researchers report.

A new study clarifies spatial memory loss, such as losing objects or getting lost, among people with Alzheimer's disease.

Both REM and non-REM sleep stages are important for visual perceptual learning, research on brain plasticity finds.

"You don't want to erase the entire memory; you only want to erase the part that's associated with the drug."

"We assume our perception is a perfect reflection of the physical world around us, but this study shows that each of us has a unique visual fingerprint."

A compound in pickled capers called quercetin can directly regulate proteins required for heartbeat, thought, muscular contraction, and more.