The human brain contains billions of connected neurons that collectively support different mental functions, including the ...

The cerebellum, often called the little brain, plays a much bigger role in language processing than once believed. Located at ...

Children can live and even thrive after hemispherectomies due to brain plasticity, and split brain experiments reveal unique cognition. Hawley changes stance on war powers resolution after Trump ...

Resting-state fMRI functional connectivity analysis is usually performed with seed-based methods that strongly rely on user-dependent definitions of regions of interest. Data-driven methods like ...

About two daily servings of this common crunchy snack could increase verbal memory and blood flow to the brain Getty A new study analyzed older adults who ate 60 grams of unsalted skin-roasted peanuts ...

Connecting the dots: Far from being a mindless escape, video games help the brain process information more efficiently and adapt more readily to complex tasks, according to a growing body of research.

In the first long-term and real-world reflective study of its kind, scientists have uncovered new detrimental health impacts of the artificial sweetener aspartame that echoes those found in shorter ...

There’s a lot to love about brains. They are arguably the most complex organ in the entire human body. 86 billion neurons send electrical and chemical signals back and forth within your brain to ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a natural mechanism that clears existing amyloid plaques in the brains of mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease and preserves cognitive function ...

If the idea of strength training once conjured young men thrusting a barbell or popping out pullups, the tides have since turned: Lifting, even lifting heavy, has finally gained cultural cachet among ...

It used to be thought that sea urchins only had a primitive nervous system, but new research has found that they are far more complex than that. The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are ...