A 20-year study found brain games that boost speed and split attention helped prevent Alzheimer’s and other dementias.

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 single clear image can rewire the visual brain, making later recognition faster without relying on memory systems.

At just two months old, babies are already organizing the world in their minds. Brain scans revealed distinct patterns as ...

Newborn brains respond strongly to rhythm changes in music, suggesting that timing expectations develop earlier than melody ...

Rice University scientists have developed the first complete, label-free molecular atlas of the Alzheimer's brain in an animal model. The findings help advance understanding of Alzheimer's onset and ...

A large, long-term study found that playing a brain training video game may help protect the brain against dementia for ...

Mass General Brigham researchers are betting that the next big leap in brain medicine will come from teaching artificial ...

In the future, psychedelics may be used to treat addictions because they can shake up the brain. Along with therapy, ...

Despite decades of research, the mechanisms behind fast flashes of insight that change how a person perceives their world, termed "one-shot learning," have remained unknown. A mysterious type of ...

Lifelong plasticity is a core principle of neuroscience, yet it operates within real limits shaped by effort, stress and ageing.

‘Kind of amazing.’ A brain game can cut dementia risk by 25 percent, study shows.