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Do you really know why your partner gets jealous? We understand a surprising amount about other people’s jealousy, but we understand our own sex best.

A major breakthrough in the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as ALS, can potentially help stop the disease in its tracks in as much as half of the cases in the U.S.

Music can be felt directly in the body. Music can activate our autonomic nervous system and even cause shivers down the spine. A new study shows how emotional music evokes similar bodily sensations across cultures.

At night in the Costa Rican cloud forest, a small team of international scientists switched on a light and waited. Soon, insects big and small descended out of the darkness.

“A walk in nature enhances certain executive control processes in the brain above and beyond the benefits associated with exercise,” reports a new study.

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a condition that affects up to 10% of women. A new study has identified a link between the hormonal disorder and issues with memory in midlife.

A new study suggests that Alzheimer’s proteins may spread in a “prion-like” fashion. So, what is a prion, and how does this finding change what we know about Alzheimer's?

In collaboration with New York and Stanford University, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory neuroscientists use singing mice to understand how our brains control timing and communication.

"Powering up" the mitochondria in neurons of people with Alzheimer's could restore brain connections reports new research that points to a promising therapeutic target.

Researchers have discovered that a brain area preserved through evolution, called the superior colliculus, is more crucial for vision than we thought.