Some people identify smells as easily as if they were colours
Most people are much better at identifying colours than smells, but one group of hunter-gatherers from the Malay Peninsula shows the opposite pattern
Opioids that hit different brain target could be less addictive
Researchers have determined how morphine derivatives bind to the kappa opioid receptor, which should enable safer painkillers to be developed
Male monkeys with masculine faces draw long lingering glances
Female monkeys spend more time staring at males that have highly masculine facial features, but we don’t know if they fancy them or fear them
Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart
Two “thinking” regions of human brains are much richer in a neurotransmitter called dopamine than the equivalent brain regions in apes and monkeys
Your eardrums move in sync with your eyes but we don’t know why
It turns out our eardrums seem to change position in coordination with our eye movements. This may help our brains link what we see and hear
Scientists Brew Up the Creepiest Batches of Brain Balls Yet
Your brain fills gaps in your hearing without you realising
The words we hear are often obscured by other noises, but it doesn’t matter. Before we get a chance to notice, our brains guess what we should hear instead
Sociable woodpeckers that cooperate have evolved smaller brains
It’s long been thought that living in a group leads to bigger brains – including in humans. But a surprising finding in woodpeckers shows this isn’t always the case
Ben Carson Just Got a Whole Lot Wrong About the Brain
Monkeys should be able to talk just like us – so why don’t they?
There’s nothing anatomical stopping monkeys from making human-like sounds we could understand finds a new study, which suggests they lack the brains for it