Ever wondered why you zone out in the middle of a conversation sometimes? A new study shows it's because your brain is ...

Sleep deprivation reliably caused attention failures despite their obvious dangers, like the potentially fatal consequences ...

An MIT study reveals what happens in the brain as lapses of attention occur following sleep deprivation. During these lapses, a wave of cerebrospinal fluid flows out of the brain — a process that ...

Chiari malformation, an anomaly of the posterior cranial fossa, also known as Arnold–Chiari malformation, was described in autopsies by Hans Chiari, an Austrian pathologist, in 1891. He defined four ...

Hydrocephalus is an excess of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain’s ventricles. Surgery is the first-line and most effective treatment. The two primary surgeries are the Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) ...

We spend about one-third of our lives asleep, and yet, the secret of how our brain falls asleep remains one of the greatest ...

A study suggests sleep-deprivation impairs attention as the brain prioritizes waste clearance over cognitive function during ...