A team from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro) has discovered that early and sustained ...

Meditation doesn’t "empty the mind", as some imagine. In fact, brain scans reveal that the meditating mind is not in a ...

In January at the World Economic Forum in Davos, an international nonmedical spotlight shone on brain health. Is the New Brain Economy the most valuable currency we have?

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

Researchers report that intermittent CO2 breathing can stimulate the brain’s glymphatic system. In a proof-of-concept study, ...

Menopause is a key period in a woman’s life. This transition is often accompanied by wide-ranging physical and psychological ...

Age-related memory decline and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's are often thought of as irreversible. But the ...

A Steinway Spirio player piano can capture every detail of a performance and reproduce it, keystroke for keystroke. In ...

From humming and ice baths to medical implants, the vagus nerve is everywhere. But what does it actually do and can you ...

Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — a ...

Age-related memory decline and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's are often thought of as irreversible. But the brain is not static; neurons continually adjust the strength of their ...

Parkinson's disease does more than cause tremor and trouble walking. It can also affect sleep, smell, digestion and even thinking. That may be because the disease disrupts communication in a brain ...