A new study may explain why people with autism are often highly sensitive to light and noise.

Neuroscientists identify genes that modulate the disease’s toxic effects.

The same neurons responsible for encoding reward also form new memories to suppress fearful ones.

Scientists pinpoint the role of a receptor in vision degradation in amblyopia.

Stimuli that sound or look like gibberish to humans are indistinguishable from naturalistic stimuli to deep networks.

Study shows that people can boost attention by manipulating their own alpha brain waves.

Findings in mice suggest targeting certain brain circuits could offer new ways to treat some neurological disorders.

Design principles from robotics help researchers decipher elements controlling mental processes in the brain.

Fluorescent probe could allow scientists to watch circuits within the brain and link their activity to specific behaviors.

Clumps of amyloid protein emerge early in deep regions, such as the mammillary body, and march outward in the brain along specific circuits.