Neuroscience Foundations
What neuroscience is, its branches, the nervous system at a glance, the brain by the numbers, and the myths worth unlearning.
7 articles
Neuroscience Foundations
Beginner
What Is Neuroscience?
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system — the brain, spinal cord and nerves — and of how its cells and circuits produce everything from a heartbeat to a memory.
October 10, 2026 · 3 min read
Neuroscience Foundations
Intermediate
Levels of Analysis: From Molecules to Minds
Why one behaviour can be explained at many levels at once — genes, molecules, synapses, neurons, circuits, brain systems and behaviour — and how David Marr's three levels changed the way neuroscientists ask questions.
September 10, 2026 · 3 min read
Neuroscience Foundations
Beginner
The Branches of Neuroscience
From molecules to minds: a map of the sub-fields of neuroscience — molecular, cellular, systems, cognitive, computational, clinical and more — and what each one actually studies.
July 16, 2026 · 2 min read
Neuroscience Foundations
Beginner
The Nervous System at a Glance
The body's wiring in one page: the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), the peripheral nervous system, and its somatic and autonomic divisions.
May 22, 2026 · 2 min read
Neuroscience Foundations
Intermediate
The Brain in Evolution
From the simple nerve nets of jellyfish to the centralised brains of insects, octopuses, birds and primates: how nervous systems evolved, and what is — and isn't — special about the human brain.
April 22, 2026 · 2 min read
Neuroscience Foundations
Beginner
The Brain by the Numbers
About 86 billion neurons, roughly as many glial cells, around 1.4 kilograms, and a fifth of the body's energy: the headline statistics of the human brain — and where the numbers come from.
January 6, 2026 · 3 min read
Neuroscience Foundations
Beginner
Brain Myths, Debunked
No, you don't use only 10% of your brain — and you aren't 'left-brained' or 'right-brained' either. A tour of the most popular brain myths and what the science actually says.
December 14, 2025 · 3 min read