Will we ever be able to understand the cacophonous chatter taking place between the 80 million neurons in our brains?...

We do not merely recognize objects - our brain is so good at this task that we can automatically supply...

Each of us has, in our nose, about six million smell receptors of around four hundred different types. The distribution...

Why do people shake hands? A new Weizmann Institute study suggests one of the reasons for this ancient custom may...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been studied for many years, but there are still more questions than answers. For example,...

Pilots are trained to guard against vertigo: a sudden loss of the sense of vertical direction that renders them unable...

New Weizmann Institute research may bring the idea of sleep learning one step closer to reality. The research, which appeared...

How the brain ages is still largely an open question – in part because this organ is mostly insulated from...

According to the World Health Organization, such mood disorders as depression affect some 10% of the world’s population and are...

Animals navigate and orient themselves to survive – to find food and shelter or avoid predators, for example.

Scientists and business people have known for decades that certain scents—pine boughs at Christmas, baked cookies in a house for...

A new Weizmann Institute study appearing today in Nature Neuroscience has found that if certain odors are presented after tones...

Financial loss can lead to irrational behavior. Now, research by Weizmann Institute scientists reveals that the effects of loss go...

After we sense a threat, our brain center responsible for responding goes into gear, setting off a chain of biochemical...

The fact that certain smells cause us pleasure or disgust would seem to be a matter of personal taste. But...