A University of Iowa-led research team has documented in humans that physical exercise sparks an increase in brain waves ...

A clinical neuropsychologist says a few everyday habits can strengthen your brain and support lifelong mental agility.

For decades, scientists have mapped attention, memory, language, and reasoning to separate brain networks — yet one big mystery remained: why does the mind feel like a single, unified system?

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Growing neurons rely on chemical cues to find their targets, but new research shows that the brain’s physical properties help ...

People who lose their visual imagination after a stroke share damage to a single neural circuit. A new analysis maps these ...

Why your brain catastrophizes when someone doesn't text you back, and how to stop the constant rumination from ruining ...

Age is more than just one number. While neuroscientists used to think of cognitive aging as a single trendline, they now ...

The Rio Grande Valley has one of the highest dementia rates in Texas — nearly double the national average — driven by risk factors such as cardiovascular disease.

Facial expressions arise from brain networks that encode slow, context-rich meaning and fast muscle control on different time scales, keeping smiles and threats socially precise.

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A singing circle at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw helps people with dementia and other brain conditions connect through music ...