It turns out that the brain’s little blue dot may be trainable – with immediate consequences for cognition and mental well-being. This means that, with the right techniques, you can change ...

What Is a Brain Tumor? A brain tumor (also called an intracranial tumor) is a cluster of abnormal cells that grows in or around your brain. There are over a hundred types of tumors that develop in ...

with researchers suggesting that these chemicals spur certain transmissions in the brain that can lead to depression. Depression affects 1 in 7 people in Australia, according to Beyond Blue.

Oct. 15, 2024 — Researchers have shown that, just like declarative memories, short-term and long-term memories for motor skills form in different regions of the brain, with the cerebellum being ...

A meningioma is a tumor that forms on the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord just inside the skull. These membranes are called the meninges and consist of three layers. Specifically ...

“It took an eternity until mathematicians finally invented zero as a number.” Perhaps that’s no surprise given that the concept can be difficult for the brain to grasp. It takes children longer to ...

Regions where ASD had greater RND are in red and regions where ASD had lower RND are in blue. Credit: Autism Research (2024). DOI: 10.1002/aur.3239 ...

Our brains contain “banana” neurons that fire when we see or smell the fruit, or even just hear the word “banana”, hinting at how concepts are encoded within the brain. We already know ...

According to a survey published in March, 87% of Americans are concerned about age-related memory loss and a decline in brain function as they grow older, yet only 32% believe they can take action ...

This How to Make a Halloween Brain Cake Recipe tutorial was fun to make! Now, I will admit that this Halloween Brain Cake is ...

The Whip-Poor-Will’s shrill, death-proclaiming song populates the works of Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft. But the bird itself has fallen on hard times. Could it become a ghost of Halloweens past?

Researchers at the University of Kentucky were part of a team that discovered a key protein in the brain that can regulate motivation for reward in mice. The study, titled "Deletion of murine ...