Breaking free from cigarettes doesn’t require willpower alone. The human brain possesses remarkable plasticity that allows for complete rewiring of smoking associations, transforming a deeply ...

What if a model could forget without losing its mind?” That question now has a technical foothold, thanks to new research ...

Stanford Medicine investigators have replicated, in a lab dish, one of humans' most prominent nervous pathways for sensing pain. This nerve circuit transmits sensations from the body's skin to the ...

In the split second that is needed to view a stop sign and react to it, our brain navigates a complex process that transitions seamlessly from perception to action control. This ability to halt or ...

I found my passion for mental health as a young girl where I fell in love with the brain and the ability to create new neural pathways. From there I dove into holistic health and learned how to ...

Dear Doctors: My husband and I usually make a few resolutions for the new year. This year, I skipped it because I never follow through, and I wind up feeling bad about myself. My husband did OK for ...

Jaideep Mavoori, a University of Washington researcher, spends a lot of time thinking about communicationsnot telephone or radio, but the sophisticated network that is the human body's nervous system.