Brain type may dictate politics
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Science & environment: Political differences might be explained by a fundamental variation in how our brains are 'wired' to process information, study says.
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The political terrain favors Republicans, but personal dynamics in some races favor Democrats.
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The sophistication of the human brain is not simply the result of steady evolution, according to new research. Instead, humans are truly privileged animals with brains that have developed in a type of extraordinarily
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Scientists have discovered that the sweetness of revenge may have a neurological basis. A Swiss brain imaging study shows that punishing people when they behave unfairly
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Scientists say they have found the brain regions that help us to decide whether to look someone in the eye or look away.
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New research provides more evidence that chimpanzee brains are human-like in terms of the links between brain asymmetry, language and right- or left-handedness.
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While neither men nor women may be the more intelligent sex, their brains may take different paths to reach the same intellectual level, according to one team of researchers.
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To hear it from the political ad-makers and party officials, Kentucky voters have a clear choice in the state&#39;s US Senate race: a mentally-impaired
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A new brain imaging study shows that when people tell the truth and lie, they use different parts of their brains. Scientists are exploiting these brain changes to develop an imaging technique
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Scientists have mapped a key network of switches in the brain which could aid research into neurological conditions.
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The neuropsychiatrist and author talks about why womenÂs brains are wired for gossip, why men arenÂt as verbal and why, when it comes to intelligence, brain size doesnÂt matter.
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Differences in the brain may increase the chances a person will take drugs, scientists say.
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Comment is free: Jonathan Freedland: The lessons of successive US elections are clear: voters want their leaders to appeal to the heart, not just the intellect.
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Researchers have come up with a potentially new way to diagnose -- and treat -- the progressive brain disorder
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A popular purveyor of atheism comes out with a neurological study that shows little difference between the way our brains process religious and "objective" beliefs
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Well-designed studies suggest several ways to improve the brainâs viability.
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Your brain is supposed to fire a "hold your horses" signal when faced with a tough choice. But a brain implant that stops the tremors of Parkinson's disease may block that signal Â a new explanation for why some Parkinson's patients become hugely impulsive.