When you think about it, the ages at which we decide a human being has crossed the threshold from childhood to adulthood are as strange as they are arbitrary. The first accepted turning point in ...

Your brain is currently expending about a fifth of your body's energy, and almost none of that is being used for what you're ...

Challenging the classic view, two cognitive scientists argue in a new review that categorization is not a late, specialized ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

When you’re short on sleep and your focus suddenly drifts, your brain may be briefly slipping into cleanup mode. Scientists discovered that these attention lapses coincide with waves of fluid washing ...

With aging comes change; wrinkles, gray hair, and height differences are all a part of the mix. But it’s not just the cosmetic transformations that people fear. According to a study from the Global ...

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 ...

The tiny chips hitch a ride on immune cells to target inflammation in the brain. Scientists hope to kick off clinical trials within three years. From restoring movement and speech in people with ...

Meditation is one of the most powerful ancient habits that is gaining prominence throughout the world since the last two decades. As the world is becoming faster and digital landscape is growing wider ...

In a recent publication appearing in Advanced Science, researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience challenge ...

In a paper just published in Psychological Review, we argue that our imagination sculpts the images we see in our mind’s eye ...