Neurosciences

The essential guide to recovering from concussion and other brain injuries.Recovering from a brain injury can be a challenging and prolonged proces...

Why is deciding to do something sometimes so slow and difficult? How do we make decisions when lacking key information? When making decisions, the ...

Why does holding a hot drink make us like people more?How can a soldier under fire not even notice he's been shot?What makes sex so much fun?Touch ...

The essential guide to recovering from concussion and other brain injuries.Recovering from a brain injury can be a challenging and prolonged proces...

Why are we influenced by the behaviour of complete strangers? Why does the brain register similar pleasure when I perceive something as 'fair' or w...

One of the most widespread words in medicine is placebo and placebo effect, although it is not always clear what it means exactly. Recent progress ...

When did the first vertebrates emerge, and how did they differ from their invertebrate ancestors? When did vertebrates evolve jaws, paired fins, pa...

The author of the New York Times bestselling Genius Foods offers a lifestyle program for resetting your brain and body to their factory settingsto ...

Albert Hofmann, who died in 2008 aged 102, first synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in 1938, but the results of animal tests were so unre...

'A gripping new drama in science ... if you want to understand how the concept of life is changing, read this' Professor Andrew Briggs, University ...

Morphine, writes Richard J. Miller, is the most significant chemical substance mankind has ever encountered. So ancient that remains of poppies hav...

Glial cells play an essential role in initiating and controlling our behaviours, playing a major role in communication between brain cells. They sh...

Despite the stereotype of older adults primarily abusing alcohol, clinical practice insights indicate that the baby-boom generation frequently abus...

The plethora of miscommunication and disinformation about how SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) spreads suggests a widespread misunderstanding of how viruses w...

'Enjoyable' New Scientist'Delightfully well-written, accessible, surprisingly reflective and humorous' Irish Times'Thoughtful' Irish IndependentFro...

This new edition provides an accessible guide to advances in neuroscience research and what they reveal about intelligence. Compelling evidence sho...

Since its discovery in the 1960s, a vast and wide-ranging body of research has accumulated about the dopaminergic system. Life's Rewards: Linking D...

Songs, barks, roars, hoots, squeals, and growls: exploring the mysteries of how animals communicate by soundWhat is the meaning of a birds song, a ...

How the scientific study of magic reveals intriguing-and often unsettling-insights into the mysteries of the human mind. What do we see when we ...

'Enjoyable' New Scientist'Delightfully well-written, accessible, surprisingly reflective and humorous' Irish Times'Thoughtful' Irish IndependentFro...