Born in France, raised in Holland, made, broken and rebuilt in Britain. That’s a 12-word summary of Lotje Sodderland’s short but eventful life – 12 words that she’ll never be able to read. That’s ...

The series, hosted by neuroscientist Dr Heather Berlin PhD, launched this week on PBS in the US and is also available to stream on YouTube. The programme sees Berlin, a neuroscientist, clinical ...

New ultra–high-field brain scans reveal hidden body maps inside the visual system, showing how the brain weaves sight and touch together to build a unified sense of perception. Study: Vicarious body ...

When Noah Wall was born, doctors didn’t think he would survive. The little boy, from Cumbria, had less than 2 per cent of a brain. While he was in the womb, he had developed a rare complication of ...

A DOCUMENTARY created by four North East students aims to challenge perceptions of disabled people. The film, Hidden Lives: Fighting Cerebral Palsy, focuses on Liam Twizell, who is about to start his ...

Quiet Explosions: Healing the Brain, an award-winning documentary written, directed, and produced by Jerri Sher, uncovers the severe depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) of traumatic ...

More than ten percent of the cerebral cortex are involved in processing information about our sense of touch – a larger area than previously thought. This is the result of a joint study by researchers ...

A team of scientists has identified areas of the brain that are activated when a person becomes aware of themself and their thoughts. This enigmatic process appears to be controlled by the thalamus, a ...

Removal of antennae-like growth called cilia from some brain regions is linked to impaired time perception and judgment in mice, according to a new study. The findings, published in the journal ...