Researchers have discovered a brain activity pattern that can predict which people with mild cognitive impairment are likely ...

Researchers say the innovation, known as SmartEM, will speed scanning sevenfold and open the field of connectomics to a ...

Your brain and your politics go hand in hand. We all know someone —an uncle, a colleague, a childhood friend— who seems to ...

Allen Institute researcher Jerome Lecoq points to one of the diagrams that was used in a study focusing on how the brain interprets optical illusions. (Allen Institute Photo / Erik Dinnel) Our brains ...

In a major brain science breakthrough, New Orleans-based researchers and collaborators have discovered a nerve signaling mechanism that takes place outside the cell, flipping on a 'pain switch.' This ...

Your ability to notice what matters visually comes from an ancient brain system over 500 million years old.

October saw several universities launch major initiatives in brain science and neurological research, often with the help of new private gifts to underwrite their efforts. Here are summaries of the ...

Scientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines as people age. The results of this 10-week study back earlier ...

IDH-mutant glioma, caused by abnormalities in a specific gene (IDH), is the most common malignant brain tumor among young ...

Ever wonder why starting feels harder than finishing? Brain research shows stress can quietly block motivation before action ...

Andre Yarham, who lived in Dereham, Norfolk, was just 22 when he went to the doctors after his mother Samantha Fairbairn ...

The 50% demonstrated improvement related to Alzheimer's research may be evidence of how weirdly wonderful nature really can ...