The human brain is often compared to a computer, but the latest wave of research shows it is closer to a self-building city, ...

Your brain ventricles are four fluid-filled chambers that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps nourish your brain and protect it from injury. It would be easy to argue that your brain is the ...

The long-held belief that brain structure is fixed early in life has largely given way to the well-established concept of neuroplasticity—the idea that brain structure and function continue to change ...

Your ability to notice what matters visually comes from an ancient brain system over 500 million years old.