In the 1950s a group of pioneering psychiatrists showed that hallucinogenic drugs had therapeutic potential, but the research was halted as part of the backlash against the hippy counterculture. Mo ...

Researchers use optogenetics to provide the first hard evidence that long-term potentiation at brain synapses is crucial for memory formation Elizabeth Loftus is one of the most influential ...

The BRAIN Initiative, a 10-year science and engineering grand challenge announced by President Obama six years ago, had a visionary mission: to fund the invention of new techniques for understanding ...