The lizard brain controls our vital functions, such as breathing, digestion, and heartbeat, and similar complexes can be found in the brains of reptiles, hence the name. The mammal brain is concerned ...

For decades, scientists have thought that human consciousness arises from the newest and most sophisticated parts of the brain. But a Cambridge scientist now claims that the fundamental basis of our ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have used a "zap-and-freeze" technology to watch hard-to-see brain cell communications in living brain tissue from mice and humans. Findings from the new ...

A pig's brain has been frozen with its cellular activity locked in place and minimal damage. Some believe the same could be ...