A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

In the mice with large-brain primate microbes, the researchers found increased expression of genes associated with energy ...

Researchers uncover evidence that the gut microbiome and brain connection can influence brain gene expression and neural ...

Could our gut hold the key to human intelligence? New research shows gut microbes can shape brain development, boost energy ...

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

Synaptic plasticity allows brains to learn, adapt, and rewire. It’s foundational to memory, problem-solving, and complex ...

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also leading to the behavioral traits that have made human societies able to thrive ...

In a new study, researchers discovered that the human brain has four pivotal periods when it goes through marked changes, sparking five "epochs" that last for years. The adolescent phase, for example, ...

Your ability to notice what matters visually comes from an ancient brain system over 500 million years old.

For more than a century, scientists have treated the brain as the undisputed command center of human evolution, with the rest ...