Brains to brilliance: The evolution of the mind towards cerebral thinking
Overall Schools Science Competition winner, Arushi Vasanad, explores the evolution of humans’ most powerful organ.
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Bigger isn’t always better: Rethinking intelligence in the animal kingdom
Chloe Dick reflects on whether a bigger brain does truly underpin increased intelligence within the animal kingdom.
PMDD: A Sisyphean disorder
In interview: Ester Paolocci speaks with Dr Thomas Reilly on the disorder that seemingly mimics the Greek Myth of Sisyphus.
How scientists are building a library of the brain’s dysfunctional pathways
SungJung Cho reports on a new study that has detailed dysfunctional neural circuits associated with neuropsychiatric disorders.
New research reveals how a 12-millimetre fish is as loud as a gunshot
George Rabin discusses how new research on the Danionella cerebrum equate its noises to that of an aircraft and gunshot.
More than a diagnosis: recognising FASD
Lily Massey discusses common consequences, vulnerabilities and upbringings associated with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Redefining mental health: the rise of computational psychiatry
SungJun Cho delves into the challenges of modern psychiatry and how computational psychiatry may alleviate these problems.
Disorders of consciousness are a clinical minefield. Here’s how we could be doing better
Charles Jenner explores the clinical subjectivity of consciousness and how neuroimaging may provide a new avenue to more accurate diagnoses.
Waving goodbye: “Leave-taking” isn’t unique to humans
Sophie Berdugo explores how different animal species end a social interaction, eliminating this trait as uniquely human.
Science’s atlas of the human brain
Charles Jenner explores recent publications in Science that are aiming to discern the neuron geography of the brain.