A single week of intensive meditation and mind-body practices led to measurable changes across the brain and body. Researchers observed improved brain efficiency, boosted immune signaling, and ...

Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, perception, memory, language, and thought have been mapped onto distinct brain ...

Can the brain keep working when its architecture changes? Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have discovered that neurons located in the wrong place can still carry out their normal ...

Scientists looked at a wide range of brain scans to determine how consciousness gets so trippy on mind-altering drugs.

Elizabeth Jonas first got interested in mitochondria by chance. In 1995, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale, working at the Marine Biological Lab in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, where she was ...

In the different rooms, the workings of the brain are illustrated by drawings of the men carrying out various tasks. The caption reads, “Imagine your brain as the executive branch of a big business.

Our brain health depends on where and how we live. This study shows how environment and society shape brain aging.

Most people think of Alzheimer’s disease as an illness of aging. But in fact, the brain changes that characterize it begin ...

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...

Fat is an essential nutrient. Learn why it's so important for your brain, the best types to eat, and where to find them in your diet.

Brain health is a lifelong journey, not just for older adults. Discover how diet, exercise, and sleep impact your brain.