A language-specific brain network can be identified even when a person is resting, listening to music, or doing a task ...

Surprise appears to help the brain loosen its grip on old expectations, allowing people to respond more accurately when circumstances change. Widening pupils and shifts in brain activity tracked a ...

Emerging evidence suggests that only certain types of training produce meaningful benefits, and those benefits may differ ...

AI has helped scientists measure the brain’s hidden cleaning system, revealing that fluid moves rapidly around its outer spaces but about 50 times more slowly through deep tissue. The discovery could ...

While the age at which you legally become an adult is 18, your brain isn't fully developed yet. At 18, your brain actually ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story A neuroscientist argues that brain science points to the existence of an immaterial mind or soul, pointing to cases like split-brain patients and ...

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 ...

Orexins are a pair of neurotransmitters—chemicals that carry messages between neurons. One of the main jobs of these particular neurotransmitters is to regulate wakefulness. And a new generation of ...

An intensive seven-day meditation retreat triggered striking changes across the brain and body, including shifts tied to ...

Your eyes and brain are more connected than you think. Here is what science says about tiredness, stress and the way you see ...

Until half a billion years ago, life on Earth was slow. The seas were home to single-celled microbes and largely stationary soft-bodied creatures. But at the dawn of the Cambrian era, some 540 million ...

Older adults who leave the workforce may experience cognitive decline, according to a recent study. Experts say the healthiest version of FIRE, which is short for "financial independence, retire early ...