What would it take to map the human brain? Neurologist Kristen Harris has spent the past few years working to do just that. She and a team of postdoctoral researchers have been dissecting, imaging and digitally recreating a highly detailed, three-dimensional map of the human brain. Full story
The two halves of the human brain are not symmetrical. This lopsidedness, which arises during brain development, may be a stamp of the adaptability of the human brain, a new study suggests. Full story
Democrats and Republicans may have trouble putting aside their differences to make decisions on the economy and education, but it seems that bipartisanship can happen elsewhere. President Barack Obama’s brain initiative – which would fund research on the brain and therefore focus on finding cures fo
Another Day Of Tough Talk From North Korea; A New Initiative To Study The Human Brain; A Kennedy Could Soon Become A U.S. Ambassador.
The Obama administration is planning a decade-long scientific effort to examine the workings of the human brain and build a comprehensive map of its activity, seeking to do for the brain what the Human Genome Project did for genetics. Full story
Human brawn may be the key to why human brains are so big, according to a new hypothesis linking exercise to the evolution of our oversize noggins. Full story
MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan talks with neurobiologist Mark Changizi talks about the complex inner workings of the human brain.
CNBC's Brian Shactman has the story on computer chips that are capable of learning from experience, like a human brain by using cognitive computing.
Dr. Nancy Snyderman decodes the complex control center of the body and spotlights how the brain manages everything from memories to addictions and the senses.
Scientists explore the idea of "uploading" the human brain as they map the connections of neurons.
Dateline’s studio audience helps to illustrate how the human brain can be so focused on one task that our eyes block out what’s right in front of us.
Brain tissue from a Parkinsonian rodent is seen in the Nanomedicine Lab at UCL's School of Pharmacy in London May 2, 2013. Is nanomedicine the next big thing? A growing number of top drug companies seem to think so. The ability to encapsulate potent drugs in nanoparticles measuring billionths of a m
An undated image of the human brain taken through scanning technology. REUTERS/Sage Center for the Study of the Mind, University of California, Santa Barbara/Handout
