For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that the adult human brain was largely fixed. According to this view, the ...

Nike's Mind shoes use foam nodes to stimulate foot receptors for mental focus, but independent research questions cognitive ...

Fueled by advances in biomarkers, brain mapping, and AI, investment in neuro and CNS innovation shows no signs of slowing, ...

Scientists in South Korea have discovered that one of the most common malignant brain tumors in young adults may begin years ...

When you’re short on sleep and your focus suddenly drifts, your brain may be briefly slipping into cleanup mode. Scientists ...

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 ...

"Each additional 'year' of brain age is associated with meaningful differences in later-life health," a senior author of the ...

New research reveals that certain brain tumors may originate silently within normal brain cells long before a tumor forms.

If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat. Over time, it ...

A new AI-assisted brain atlas that can help visualize the human brain in unprecedented detail has been developed by UCL researchers, in a major step forward for neuroscience and neuroimaging. The ...

How does your brain wake up from sleep? A study of more than 1,000 arousals from slumber has revealed precisely how the brain bestirs itself during the transition to alertness — a finding that might ...

An unusual fossil brain suggests that the ancestors of spiders and other arachnids may have once scuttled around the sea, rather than on land as was long thought, a new study finds. "It is still ...