Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have created a method that makes it possible to transform the brain's support cells ...

A selection of science-based books from the year that together shine new light on who we are and why we think and act as we do.

Scientists discerned that a person’s neural and behavioral outcomes shifted when simply vividly imagining a positive experience.

New research confirms that regular physical activity doesn’t just strengthen your body — it significantly boosts brain power, ...

Scientists at the Carney Institute for Brain Science have discovered specific patterns of electrical signals in the brain that may help forecast whether a person will go on to develop Alzheimer’s ...

One evening in 1951 astronomer William Wilson Morgan was strolling home from Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin when he looked up at the night sky and had a “flash inspiration ... a creative intuitional ...

When we watch someone move, get injured, or express emotion, our brain doesn’t just see it—it partially feels it. Researchers ...

One of the primary ways exercise benefits the brain is by increasing blood flow throughout the body. This enhanced ...

The Toyota pickup hit the tree that May morning with enough explosive force to leave a gash that is still visible on its trunk 39 years later. Inside the truck, the bodies of three teenage boys hurled ...

Weight loss restored healthy metabolism in both young and mid-aged mice, but the brain told a different story. In mid-aged ...

Oxford University Press has chosen "brain rot" as its word of the year. The word is defined as "supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as a result of ...