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Researcher likens vaccine's antibodies to "Pacmen that like nicotine and just gobble it up" before it reaches the brain, preventing addictive sensation

The Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription diet drug in a decade. Belviq acts on the area of the brain that controls appetite and metabolism. Susan McGinnis reports.

Just glancing at a photo of a rich and gooey chocolate cake can set your brain circuits sparking, switching on cravings and revving up your appetite, a new study shows.

The simulations begun by Henry Markram and team on the Blue Brain Project in 2005 constitute the basis for the much more ambitious Human Brain Project, which is intended to capture the workings of the entire organ. Markram and colleagues will learn next year whether the project will be funded

Nagging thoughts can stop even the greatest ideas from becoming a reality. These 5 steps will build your dream into a dream company

The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live--And How You Can Change Them [More]

At the celebration of Mindshare 50th networking event in Los Angeles, Nolan Bushnell said improving intelligence doesn't require state-of-the-art gadgets or mind-altering medication--just a pair of skis and some yoga pants. Since 2006, the monthly networking event Mindshare has brought together some of Los Angeles’ smartest entrepreneurs, artists, and inventors with the promise of cheap booze, local music, and often mind-blowing presentations.

Image courtesy of iStockphoto/fotokon Although cocaine makes people feel more alert and on top of things in the moment, it can leave users vulnerable to a much slower brain in the long run.

Whether surgeons slice with a traditional scalpel or cut away with a surgical laser, most medical operations end up removing some healthy tissue, along with the bad. This means that for delicate areas like the brain, throat, and digestive tract, physicians and patients have to balance the benefits of treatment against possible collateral damage.

(Credit: Adapted from image by John A Beal, Wikimedia Commons) NEW YORK At a surprise April 1 press conference, a panel of neuroscientists confessed that they and most of their colleagues make up half of what they write in research journals and tell reporters. “We’re always qualifying our conclusions by reminding people that the brain is extremely complex and difficult to understand and it is,” says Philip Tenyer of Harvard University, “but we’ve also been a little lazy. It is just easier to bluff our way through some of it

Trepinated skull of Phineas Gage Our current understanding of how the brain works often borrows from observations of the anomalous patient.

What are the structural differences in the brain between animals that are self-aware (humans, apes) and other vertebrates? [More]

How an emotional investment leads to a physical purchase, and why iPhone apps are Gillette 2.0. When I first began shaving at the tender young age of 16, I chose a Gillette razor. It seemed far cooler than my father’s buzzing electric shaver.

Why serial entrepreneur Seth Epstein says, among other things, that start-up founders should streak. Seth Epstein, the founder and CEO of SocialStay , which creates mobile apps for luxury resorts like the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Monica, and Hollywood Roosevelt in Los Angeles, spoke recently as part of the University of California at Santa Barbara Distinguished Lecture Series.

Here's how a mind-body approach can help you achieve peak performance--both personally, and company-wide. Imagine going to a doctor's appointment and everyone in the office seems to know you almost as well as you know yourself.