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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

Neuroscience Blogs

  • Gary Small, M.D.

    Brain Bootcamp

    Exercising your most important organ.
  • Kelly Lambert

    Brain Matters

    Neurobiological foundations of mental health
  • Digby Tantam

    Brain, Mind, and Spirit

    Unraveling the mystery of being human
  • Faith Brynie

    Brain Sense

    How your brain makes sense of your senses.
  • Marcel Danesi, Ph.D.

    Brain Workout

    Challenging and intriguing puzzles to sharpen your mind, improve your memory, and keep your brain fit.
  • Steven Quartz, Ph.D.

    Brave Neural World

    Ready or not, social policy can no longer ignore brain science.
  • Ezequiel Morsella

    Consciousness and the Brain

    The nuts and bolts underlying human action.
  • Jay Dill, Ph.D.

    Constructing Reality

    The varieties of conscious experience.
  • Creativity and the Brain

    Creativity and the Brain

    The link between art and science.
  • Extreme Fear

    Getting a Grip on the Brain's Alarm System
  • Susan Barry

    Eyes on the Brain

    A neurobiologist explores the amazing capacity of the brain to rewire itself at any age.
  • From Genes to God

    Brain science, psychology, and the art of being human
  • Phil Newton

    From Mouse to Man

    What the latest basic science research is telling us about the human mind
  • John Allen

    Lives of the Brain

    Exploring the many facets of how and why the human brain evolved
  • More Than Genes

    What science can tell us.
  • Neurisprudence

    The role of neuroscience in lawmaking, criminal punishment, and rehabilitation.
  • Gregory Berns

    plus2sd

    Taking the Human Mind Two Standard Deviations Above the Norm.
  • Joseph Dumit

    Promiscuous Facts

    The Slippery Science of Brain Studies
  • Psychiatry meets neuroscience

    Behind every mental disorder is some brain dysfunction, but the road to this discovery is tortuous and full of impediments.
  • Judy Willis

    Radical Teaching

    Classroom strategies from a neurologist
  • The Genius of the Beast

    Bacteria, Bees, Galaxies, and You and Me—Probing the Big Picture
  • Christopher Badcock Ph.D.

    The Imprinted Brain

    How genes set the balance between autism and psychosis.
  • Paul J Zak

    The Moral Molecule

    Neuroscience and economic behavior
  • The New Brain

    How your brain—and our understanding of it—are constantly changing.
  • Eddie Harmon-Jones

    The Social-Emotional Brain

    Unplugging the Computer Metaphor
  • Norman Holland

    This is Your Brain on Culture

    How Stories, Poems, Plays, Movies and Other Arts Matter
  • Timothy Stokes

    What Freud Didn't Know

    Emotional Well-being through Neuroscience and Psychology
  • Joshua Gowin

    You, Illuminated

    Commonsense explanations of neuroscience.
  • David Rock

    Your Brain at Work

    Using Neuroscience to Improve Daily Life
  • Your Brain On Us

    The neuroscience of social interactions
  • Rick Hanson

    Your Wise Brain

    Practical insights into happiness, love, and wisdom from psychology, neuroscience, and Buddhism.

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