One trait that is seemingly synonymous with zombies is their apparent need to feed on the brains of the living. But why is this idea so intrinsically linked with zombies and where did it come from?

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Brain vs Zombies Brain vs Zombies is a puzzle VR shooter that challenges you to kill each level’s zombies on a limited number of bullets. Enjoy ...

Well, can you produce a model the zombie brain? Neuroscientists Bradley Voytek and Timothy Verstynen are doing just that: Working on their own time and drawing from their extensive knowledge of ...

[eventbug id=”comic-con-2011″]That’s the work of Bradley Voytek. The University of California at San Francisco neuroscientist has built a specialty in his field ...

The rotting flesh, the shuffling walk, the unintelligible groans — it's not hard to spot a zombie at a glance even among the most gruesome of Halloween monsters. But what's going on inside their ...

the core function of the zombie’s existence is controlled by the part of the brain that controls appetite: the hypothalamus (3). If you hit a zombie right between the eyes with enough force ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Zombie Brigade: No Brain No Gain The only "parody runner" style game on Wii U. Join the Zombie Brigade and travel around the world, meet interesting ...

SMAW: We often ignore the unevolved brain or what's sometimes called the reptilian brain. So zombies exist in the reptilian brain in the movies. And as it turns out, in the real world, humans have ...

If you had to sum up the past 40 years of research on the mind, you could do worse than to call it the Rise of the Zombies. We like to see ourselves as being completely conscious of our thought ...

A beer brewed to honor the season finale of "The Walking Dead" takes the zombie trope literally and uses actual brains as an ingredient. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech ...