The placebo effect is well known, but its close relative, the "nocebo effect" is more obscure. Regardless, there's a good ...

The physical differences between men and women are all too obvious, but the biological divide goes right down to the cellular ...

Researchers found sex differences in the activity of genes within cortical neurons (pictured) and other brain cells. Credit: ...

Parkinson's disease does more than cause tremor and trouble walking. It can also affect sleep, smell, digestion and even thinking. That may be because the disease disrupts communication in a brain ...

A new study finds that looking at something and imagining it triggers the same exact process in the brain. It's also very similar to the process artificial intelligence uses to create an image.

Parkinson's disease does more than cause tremors and trouble walking. It can also affect sleep, smell, digestion and even thinking. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on new research suggesting that's because ...

If those scenarios sound familiar, you’re not alone. According to an interesting new study, there’s a reason we are so vulnerable to these kinds of lies in particular: Because they come with the ...