Blind Echolocation
Blind people who can echolocate use their brain’s visual center to do so.
Prenatal Face Preference
New research suggests that not just newborns, but fetuses, too, preferentially favor the human face.
Star-Nosed Moles
What star-nosed moles reveal about the specialized mammalian brain.
Night Owl Genes
Some night owls may have a mutation that lengthens their circadian clock.
Memorable Smells
How does our brain associate certain smells with vivid memories?
Memory Over Time
Learning how the brain links memories created days, months or years apart.
The Body’s Sense of Taste
Taste receptors are actually located all over the body, not just in the mouth.
Precise Memory
An electromagnetic device could improve our ability to remember details.
Illness & Sleepiness
A primitive neural switch may explain why illness makes us sleepy.
Goal-directed Brain Cells
Bats have specialized neurons that help them navigate towards a target.
Monkey Metamemory
Neuroscientists investigate how humans ponder what we’ve learned by studying the brains of monkeys.
Killer Mice
Scientists discover a vertebrate brain circuit that triggers hunting, pouncing and biting.
Hummingbird Vision
Hummingbirds have vision that’s specially tuned to fast movement in every direction.
Sleepwalking Brains
A listener asks what's going on in the brain when someone is sleepwalking.
The Sociable Brain
Do social butterflies and wallflowers have different brain structures?
The Brain on Time
The brain chemical dopamine may regulate our perception of how fast time passes.
Deafness & Brain Structure
The brain architecture for processing sound is the same in deaf people as in hearing people.
Musician’s Dystonia
Neuroscientists are looking for the roots of musician’s dystonia, a condition similar to writer’s cramp.
Older Minds
The poorly focused mind may hold advantages in some kinds of problem-solving.