UCLA's Terence Tao called the Trump administration's actions an "existential threat" to academic research in the U.S.

By analysing the smartphone data of 2,112,288 participants, in particular observing and comparing the activity of the same individual in two different environments, we find that increases in the walkability of environments result in increases in daily physical activity, providing evidence of the importance of the built environment on physical health.

In a large cross-national study, education was linked to better memory and larger brain volumes but not to slower cognitive or brain decline with age, suggesting that the association reflects early-li...

This study highlights sex differences in major depressive disorder using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Findings suggest hormonal fluctuations influence onset, emphasizing the ne...

Analyses that include low-quality MRI data underestimate cortical thickness and overestimate surface area, according to new work from the ABCD Study.

Post-puff brain state might not be an emotion, some researchers caution, but the protocol provides a cross-species approach to study emotions.

SARS-CoV-2 rebound is a recurrence of symptoms or return to test positivity after initial recovery. Here, the authors demonstrate an association between SARS-CoV-2 rebound and post-acute COVID conditi...

Nature Reviews Neurology, Published online: 08 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41582-025-01122-6A voice-synthesis neuroprosthesis based on a brain–computer interface has restored instantaneous, natural-sounding speech to a man with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

How the cortex learns an internal representation of the world and why the cortex relies on a layered structure remain poorly understood. Here, the authors propose a computational theory in which the n...

The balance between neural excitation (E) and inhibition (I) shapes cognition, development and brain-based disorders. Electroencephalography and magnetic resonance spectroscopy allow non-invasive quan...

The cerebellum helps ensure the speed and accuracy of movements, but its precise contributions to movement control are unclear. Nguyen and Person here evaluate evidence for and against feedforward mot...

Nature Reviews Neurology, Published online: 21 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41582-025-01106-6Aspects of modern society, such as artificial lighting and rigid schedules, create ‘social jetlag’ — a mismatch between biological chronotypes and societal demands. This circadian misalignment particularly affects evening chronotypes, leading to sleep deprivation, mental health issues and physical disorders. Flexible schedules and environmental modifications could restore natural sleep patterns and improve well-being.

Autism is associated with inflexibility of brain dynamics. Watanabe and Yamasue show that TMS over the right superior parietal lobule while the brain is ‘stuck’ in a certain state reduces this rigidit...

Mental and neurological conditions have been linked to structural brain variations. However, aside from dementia, the value of brain structural charac…