The Conversation reports that the brain can be trained like muscles; new challenges and rest help boost brain health and ...

A pair of new studies have provided fresh evidence in the long-running scientific debate—and the result could be ...

Whether or not we grow new brain cells as adults has been the subject of an ongoing and often contentious debate. Now, evidence suggests that we can. This could help answer one of neuroscience’s most ...

Well, for one thing, one study showed that if you take ballroom dance classes and continue for a year, parts of the brain that are important for coordination and planning increase and the size of the ...

Researchers have created one of the most realistic “mini-brains” yet, reports New Scientist, growing a tiny version of a developing human cerebral cortex, complete with a network of blood vessels that ...

One of the more encouraging findings out of the Rush study is that although the benefits were greater when someone seeks out intellectual stimulation throughout their life, people still were ...

For years, we were told that growing new brain cells in adulthood was impossible. Once the brain matured, that was it. No going back, and that you will only slowly lose memory. But science has proven ...

Deep inside your brain, the sense of touch is handled by a strip of tissue only a few millimeters thick. This area, known as the primary somatosensory cortex, processes every tactile signal that ...

If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat. Over time, it grows stronger. Of course, muscles only grow when the challenge increases ...

Bram Servais formerly worked for Cortical Labs but holds no shared patents or stock and has severed all financial ties. As prominent artificial intelligence (AI) researchers eye limits to the current ...

Why do you sometimes zone out, losing your concentration and focus in the middle of a working day? Especially if you’re sleep deprived, as so many people often are? Your brain is working to protect ...

Pioneering work turns stem cells into brain cells in cultures to potentially treat disorders. Research pioneers turn skin cells from patients with psychiatric conditions into stem cells and then brain ...