Below, Dr. Majid Fotuhi shares five key insights from his new book, The Invincible Brain: The Clinically Proven Plan to Age-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp for Life. Fotuhi is a neurologist, professor ...

A pair of monkeys staring at colored shapes in a Princeton lab may have brought you closer to understanding how your own mind works. A new study shows that the brain solves hard problems by reusing ...

For years, the idea of building a working replica of the human brain has lived comfortably in the realm of science fiction. A ...

When the pace of modern life is on fast-forward and your brain is on slo-mo, you might find yourself listing the pros and cons of drinking directly from the coffee pot. But behind that thick wall of ...

At least one in five American adults experiences some form of mental illness each year, and one in 20 suffers from serious episodes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and ...

The hippocampus follows a "tabula plena" model, starting with dense, random connections that are pruned into an efficient ...

New guidance out overnight calls on pediatricians to write a “prescription for play,” and for parents to help fill that order. The clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics says “play is ...

The amount of sugar in the brain plays a key role in governing the activity of the brain cells that make myelin, a study ...