Neuroscience

The human brain has been called the most complex object in the known universe, and in many ways it's the final frontier of science. A hundred billion neurons, close to a quadrillion connections between them, and we don't even fully understand a single cell.

Neuroscience aims to understand how a person arises out of a clump of squishy matter. It's where psychology meets biology. And with new tools at our disposal—computer simulations, medical imaging—we double our knowledge every decade. Roll up your sleeves and poke around.

The Latest on Neuroscience

Dr. Lindsay Oberman talks about Autism Spectrum Disorders by Lindsay M. Oberman, Ph.D.

Prozac makes the brain more flexible, and not only in depression. by Peter D. Kramer

Don't drink, Hillary! by Stanton Peele

Bear Stearns and the collapse of dopamine. by Gregory S. Berns

on whether love can be quantified using neuroimaging. by Jay Dixit

by Hara Estroff Marano

Neuroscience Blogs

Brain Bootcamp
Exercising your most important organ.
By Gary Small, M.D.
Brain Matters
Neurobiological foundations of mental health
By Kelly Lambert, Ph.D.
Brain Sense
How your brain makes sense of your senses.
By Faith Brynie
Brain Workout
Challenging and intriguing puzzles to sharpen your mind, improve your memory, and keep your brain fit.
By Marcel Danesi, Ph.D.
Brave Neural World
Ready or not, social policy can no longer ignore brain science.
By Steven Quartz, Ph.D.
Consciousness and the Brain
The nuts and bolts underlying human action.
By Ezequiel Morsella
Constructing Reality
The varieties of conscious experience.
By Jay Dill, Ph.D.
Creativity and the Brain
The link between art and science.
By Semir Zeki
Eyes on the Brain
A neurobiologist explores the amazing capacity of the brain to rewire itself at any age.
By Susan R. Barry, Ph.D.
From Mouse to Man
What the latest basic science research is telling us about the human mind
By Philip Newton
Illusions and Curiosities
The paradoxical relationships between speech and music.
By Diana Deutsch
Lives of the Brain
Exploring the many facets of how and why the human brain evolved
By John S. Allen, Ph.D.
More Than Genes
What science can tell us.
By Dan Agin
Neurisprudence
The role of neuroscience in lawmaking, criminal punishment, and rehabilitation.
By David Eagleman and Jyotpal Singh
Promiscuous Facts
The Slippery Science of Brain Studies
By Joseph Dumit
Radical Teaching
Classroom strategies from a neurologist
By Judy Willis, M.D., M.Ed.
The Imprinted Brain
How genes set the balance between autism and psychosis.
By Christopher Badcock Ph.D.
The Moral Molecule
Neuroscience and economic behavior
By Paul J. Zak
The Social-Emotional Brain
Unplugging the Computer Metaphor
By Eddie Harmon-Jones, Ph.D.
This is Your Brain on Culture
How Stories, Poems, Plays, Movies and Other Arts Matter
By Norman Holland
What Freud Didn't Know
Emotional Well-being through Neuroscience and Psychology
By Timothy B. Stokes, Ph.D.
You, Illuminated
Commonsense explanations of neuroscience.
By Joshua Gowin
Your Brain at Work
Using Neuroscience to Improve Daily Life
By David Rock
Your Brain On Us
The neuroscience of social interactions
By Jamil Zaki
Your Wise Brain
Practical insights into happiness, love, and wisdom from psychology, neuroscience, and Buddhism.
By Rick Hanson, Ph.D.