WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists announced on Thursday a milestone in neurobiological research with the mapping of the entire brain of an adult fruit fly, a feat that may provide insight into brains ...

Movement is a complex process governed by a network of neuronal circuits spread across multiple regions of the nervous system ...

With a brain the size of a sesame seed, the lowly fruit fly is often considered a kitchen pest. But to neuroscientists, the flies are a treasure trove of information detailing how the brain’s ...

For many heartbreaking diseases of the brain — dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and others — doctors can only treat the symptoms. Medical science does not have a cure. Why? Because it’s difficult to ...

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Researchers at the University of Illinois are using MRI technology to examine brain activity in new ways — which could help detect and diagnose brain diseases before ...

What goes on in your brain while watching a movie? MIT neuroscientists have made remarkable progress in answering this question by creating the most detailed functional brain map to date. By observing ...

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology used functional MRI scans to track which brain regions activated when 176 young adults watched scenes from "The Social Network," "Home Alone" ...

Let a mouse nose around a house, and it will rapidly find food and form a strategy to return to it without getting caught. Given the same task, an AI would require millions of training examples and ...

A new study provides the best evidence to date that the connection patterns between various parts of the human brain can tell scientists the specialized functions of each region. Previous research has ...

With retrospect, my brain map (above) is embarrassingly hypothetical and clunky. But, its inaccuracies and generalizations serve a historical purpose as part of a timeline: The reason I’m sharing it ...