Human hands are a wonder of nature and unmatched in the animal kingdom. They can twist caps, flick switches, handle tiny objects with ease, and perform thousands of tasks every day. Robot hands ...

Male and female brains begin developing differently in the womb. Here's how genetics, hormones, and prenatal biology shape brain structure, behaviour, and mental health outcomes before birth.

Study could help reveal why some mental health disorders vary between men and women — but it's not clear whether the differences are due to sex or gender.

For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the ...

A 20-year follow-up of the ACTIVE study found that older adults who did speed-based cognitive training, especially with later ...

What types of photos make people reach for their wallets? New Stanford University-led research suggests that brain activity can help forecast which wildlife images will inspire people to engage online ...

Studies on the neurons of mice suggest our own human endurance may have more to do with the brain than our physique.

Meditation isn’t thinking about nothing. New research reinforces that it’s a mind-altering, dynamic state that promotes focus ...

A multi-institutional team of researchers led by Virginia Tech's Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC has for the first time identified specific patterns of brain chemical activity that predict ...

A University of Michigan AI model diagnoses more than 50 brain disorders from MRI scans in seconds, with up to 97.5 percent accuracy.

Anatomists and health researchers have observed that people often report persistent tiredness, disrupted sleep, and lower ...

A specific pattern of brain activity in a frontal brain region is linked to compulsive behaviors like excessive hand washing, chronic hair-pulling, and skin-picking in people with obsessive compulsive ...