Scans of more than 3,500 people allow scientists to draw up a guide to the brain areas that work together from birth to 100 ...

The human brain holds a staggering number of connections, yet scientists have long struggled to explain how it stores so much ...

A recent study published in Experimental Brain Research provides evidence that elite Rubik’s Cube solvers use the exact same ...

A new study suggests that children with ADHD may exhibit a distinctive, measurable pattern of brain activity that could reflect differences in neural efficiency. The researchers focus on aperiodic EEG ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Our daily lives include hundreds of routine habits. Brushing our teeth, driving to work, or putting away the dishes are just a few of the tasks that our brains have automated to the ...

Breakthrough ideas often appear when you least expect them—but studies show there’s more than one way to trigger a “eureka” ...

Poor sleep is associated with an increased risk for dementia, but many sleep studies have had inconsistent results. For the ...

Imagine if, just as smartwatches give us daily heart metrics, we eventually developed simple ways to measure how our brain is ...

Your brain consumes about 20% of your body’s total oxygen supply, making it incredibly dependent on efficient breathing patterns for optimal function. Most people never think about how they breathe, ...