A landmark study suggests that this daily habit may reshape how your mind activates.

In Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, a protein called tau can pile up inside brain cells and form toxic clumps. Those ...

Researchers found differences in how brain regions work together during certain cognitive tasks, which may help clinicians ...

That sharp flinch during a violent movie scene is familiar to many people. A hand slams, a body falls, and your own muscles ...

New findings from Karolinska Institutet reveal how the gene HNRNPU coordinates several fundamental molecular processes during ...

The human brain goes through five major stages of development in its lifetime, each bringing "distinctive age-related changes", scientists have identified. Data shows there is a "non-linear change ...

For decades, researchers have attempted to pinpoint the specific areas of the brain responsible for human intelligence. A new ...

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 ...

A groundbreaking brain atlas maps nearly 680,000 cells to reveal how the human brain develops at the single-cell level. The discovery could transform Parkinson’s research by setting new standards for ...

Even years after a person has lost an arm, the brain faithfully maintains the circuits that once controlled the missing limb. When someone loses an arm, they can see it's gone, but a new study finds ...

An unexpected trio — green tea, walnuts and a tiny aquatic plant called Mankai — might help keep the brain young, new research suggests. In an 18-month randomized trial of nearly 300 adults, a ...

When people sit down for a meal, they don’t think about what to do with their hands when eating. It’s just second nature. Yet, their hands are constantly adapting posture and grip to the cutlery, food ...