Scientific Method

The Hidden Neuroscience of Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo was appreciated in his day for his art, music, and engineering feats, but his findings about the brain went largely unheralded, because his notes and detailed anatomical drawings went unpublished for centuries.

How do Scientists Study the Brain?

Scientists who conduct experiments to learn about the brain are called neuroscientists, and like all scientists, they use the scientific method. A fact sheet for students grades 6-8

How Does the Brain Work? Grades 6-8

A Pioneer in Neuroscience

How do Scientists Study the Brain? Grades 6-8

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Alabama to Beijing… and Back: The Search for a Pain Gene

Adapted from his book, Chasing Men on Fire: The Story of the Search for a Pain Gene, our author provides the tale of discovering a gene for pain.

Mapping Spatial Navigation Abilities

First data from a massive online wayfinding game highlights differences across sex and geography. Someday, such an app might help ID people sliding into dementia.

Big Data and the Brain: Peeking at the Future of Neuroscience

“I don’t think, going forward, that neuroscientists are going to be fully capable of doing all the great things they want to do without a level of comfort with computational analysis,” said NIH Director Francis Collins said at the recent Society for Neuroscience annual meeting.

Q&A with John Ioannidis, M.D., D.Sc.

John P.S. Ioannidis discusses why most biomedical research papers (including even many of the most influential ones) later turn out to be wrong or exaggerated—and what can be done about it.