Most of us have experienced it: a deadline approaches, the task is perfectly doable, yet instead of starting, we suddenly ...

Most of the time, you assume your brain is either “on” or “off,” awake or asleep. A new study shows something far more ...

Animals with more than one brain defy standard biology. From octopuses to leeches, discover 7 species with multiple brains or ...

Long before memory problems appear, your brain may already be losing neurons. That is the unsettling message from new work by ...

New medications are in the pipeline that could help people win their battles against addictive substances, including opioids ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say results of a new National Institutes of Health-funded study are advancing efforts to ...

MIT researchers are using living cells to target diseased brain areas and deliver tiny electronic devices that can modulate ...

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual ...

Singapore has one of the highest life expectancies in the world, yet many individuals spend almost a decade in poor health ...

Microglia help protect the brain from damage and infection, but when they become overly active, they can also contribute to ...

A new ‘biomimetic’ model of brain circuits and function at multiple scales produced naturalistic dynamics and learning, and ...

There is a strong link between regular physical exercise and good brain health, according to one study. Researchers found ...