Understanding how the brain creates conscious experience remains one of science’s most difficult challenges. Brain scans and ...

New research indicates that the structural organization of the human brain does not develop in a continuous, linear fashion ...

Some people are immune to dementia, even if their brain is deteriorating. Cognitive reserve is the secret boost that builds ...

Learn more about the new study, which highlights the importance of analyzing brain structure and connectivity simultaneously.

Across a typical lifetime, the human brain does not simply grow, peak, and decline. It passes through five sweeping ...

A landmark international study that pooled brain scans and memory tests from thousands of adults has shed new light on how ...

"The brain is not fixed—like a muscle, it responds to training and care," Dr. Majid Fotuhi, MD, Ph.D., told Newsweek.

Political views are tied to brain structure, study suggests. April 7, 2011— -- Amid the looming prospect of a government shutdown, the clock is ticking for Democrats and Republicans to strike a ...

New nanomaterial passes the blood-brain barrier to reduce damaging inflammation after the most common form of stroke. When ...

Exercise made 40-year-olds' brains look younger in 12 months, but the biological mystery remains: fitness gains didn't ...

Astronauts' brains shift position after spaceflight, study in PNAS finds. Changes linked to time in space may impact health ...