The diabetes drug you've heard of for 60 years just revealed a secret — it's been working on your brain all along.

Researchers at MIT and Harvard have identified a striking biological pattern behind the mental fog that follows a sleepless ...

A growing body of peer-reviewed research is building the case that single-celled organisms, creatures with no brain, no ...

Researchers identified three distinct brain “biotypes” of ADHD, each with its own chemical signature—offering new clues about why treatment can feel like trial and error.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - It turns out sleeping isn’t just about resting your eyes, as a new study found that even ancient creatures without eyes — or even brains — need it too. A study published in ...

When animals move through complex visual environments, the brain cannot afford to analyze every detail one by one. Instead, ...

Science-backed strategies The brain does not simply deteriorate with age. Research over the past decade has shifted how ...

Humans perceive and navigate the world around us with the help of our five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. And while scientists have long known that these different senses activate ...

At 62, Phyllis Jones felt trapped in darkness. She was traumatized by her mother’s recent death, ongoing pandemic stress and an increasingly toxic work environment. A sudden panic attack led to a ...

An influential hypothesis in neuroscience is that the brain may operate near criticality, a transition zone between ...

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 ...