Your brain’s natural rinse cycle flows while you sleep. A new study suggests certain medications interfere with that ...

Recent research from Germany's prestigious Max Planck Institute for Human Development has unveiled concerning evidence about ...

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Research shows adults sleeping less than six hours face accelerated brain aging and cognitive decline, with high blood pressure intensifying these concerning effects.

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

“What we see is that they are stronger,” he said. “So the brain change goes hand in hand with the behavior change.” Thompson says the next step is to verify if the same results are ...

Researchers using electrodes implanted in the brains of epilepsy patients have found that meditation produces changes in the ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

Beyond the expected, like morning sickness and weird food cravings, pregnancy can cause all sorts of bizarre changes in the ...

Dubbed the “creativity circuit,” damage to this area due to injury or brain disease resulted in both decreases and increases ...

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.