Children with autism may perceive visual illusions differently than neurotypical children do, research finds.

Chronic stress affects the brain' ability to regulate emotions. New research homes in on key molecules involved, neurosteroids.

Childhood adversity and stress can disrupt the brain's reward circuit, a study with mice shows.

Bruce Willis has received a diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia. An expert explains the condition and research on it.

Brain-powered computers would be faster, more efficient, and more powerful than silicon-based computing and AI, researchers say.

An excavation has unearthed the earliest example of one particular type of brain surgery in the Ancient Near East.

Researchers have found a marker in the brain that indicates vulnerability to developing post-traumatic stress disorder.

Brain-wave data from a routine test given at birth could help diagnose autism in early infancy, say researchers.

"This research helps shed light on what happens in the brain that gives rise to political polarization," says Oriel FeldmanHall.

Researchers are finding out more about how smell affects threat assessment in two new studies with mice.