When the Senses Become Confused
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After a stroke, the brain tries to reorganize itself.  However, sometimes this process goes awry, leaving one woman to feel sounds on her skin.
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The moment at the dawn of adolescence when hormones and daydreams swirl into a heady fog of confusion is poetically evoked in âWild Tigers I Have Known.â
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WASHINGTON -- Advanced brain scanning uncovered startling signs of awareness in a woman in a vegetative state, British scientists reported Thursday _ a finding that complicates one of medicine's ethical minefields.
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For more than two decades, New York scientist Richard Axel and colleague Linda B. Buck have shared a singular pursuit: to understand how the brain perceives the world&#39;s myriad of smells - from the scent of roses to the scent of refuse.
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A mechanism in the brain may explain why some people cope better than others in the face of adversity.
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How to heal when the inexplicable occurs? Sometimes the right response is acting normal
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Scientists figure out why too much marijuana sometimes causes feelings of paranoia. It involves the geography of the brain.
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A patient&#39;s inability to identify common smells such as lemon and soap can help doctors to diagnose early Alzheimer&#39;s disease in those who have developed mild mental problems, researchers said yesterday.
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That weird exhalation you hear at the multiplex these days is the sound of female characters settling for less than they deserve. It happens again in âDedication.â
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Chronic dizziness that is not due to vertigo, a problem that has puzzled doctors for years, may have a variety of causes including anxiety disorders and brain injury, according to a study published on Monday.
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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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The case of a woman in a vegetative   state who appeared to play tennis in her head highlights one of   the key frustrations of doctors who treat such patients --   trying to figure out what is going on in someone else's brain.
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Cancer patients can often feel baffled when offered a choice of treatments, a study has suggested.
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We have always suspected that man's best friend has a special ability to sense when something is wrong with us, but the first experiment to verify that scientifically has demonstrated that dogs are able to ...
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Scientists say they have identified faulty brain waves that may explain the symptoms of schizophrenia. Cells in the brain that exchange information about the environment and form mental impressions were less active in people with schizophrenia.
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Scientists discover that the symptoms of a severe brain disorder similar to autism can be reversed.
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Experts pinpoint a brain part that may hold the key to recognising places we have been.