Published January 7 in the journal Nature, one paper tackled the age-old problem of nature’s construction with a bit of a ...

There isn’t a hard line differentiating a false memory and simply misremembering where you put your keys. But, in general, ...

A new study by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) sheds light on how lack of sleep affects the ...

Brain development does not end at 25 but continues into the early 30s as neural networks become more efficient and ...

Koch, who studied vision, thought that by measuring people's brain responses as they looked at special optical illusions, ...

A year of consistent exercise appears to rejuvenate the brain – but don’t ask scientists how yet In A Nutshell Adults who ...

Cancer and Alzheimer's disease are two of the most feared diagnoses in medicine, but they rarely strike the same person.

Your brain’s habit of replaying the same song on a loop is not a glitch so much as a side effect of how memory, reward and attention are wired. The same circuitry that helps you recognize a friend’s ...

Nike claims its latest footwear can sharpen focus by stimulating sensory receptors in the feet. Backed by internal ...

As emotions rise and fall in everyday life, your brain keeps up, constantly adjusting. These transitions between feelings—like joy, sadness, or fear—aren’t just random reactions. They’re part of a ...