Scientists have discovered how to make people less selfish - slightly and temporarily - by stimulating two areas of the brain.

The activity of certain neurons may influence our endurance for exercise, and these could be targeted to help us run faster ...

A large, long-term study found that playing a brain training video game may help protect the brain against dementia for ...

A new study that followed participants for two decades found some were up to a quarter less likely to develop a memory ...

Up to 48 hours before a migraine, this region becomes overactive, disrupting functions it normally regulates like sleep and ...

A 20-year study found brain games that boost speed and split attention helped prevent Alzheimer’s and other dementias.

Forget crossword puzzles. New government-backed research suggests an “unconscious” brain exercise may do more to shield aging ...

The work reveals that the brain — in mice and, presumably, in humans — is actively involved in the development of endurance, ...

A Steinway Spirio player piano can capture every detail of a performance and reproduce it, keystroke for keystroke. In ...

New findings from Karolinska Institutet reveal how the gene HNRNPU coordinates several fundamental molecular processes during ...

Researchers have created one of the most realistic “mini-brains” yet, reports New Scientist, growing a tiny version of a ...

Want to give your brain a boost? It might be time for a "synaptic reset." New research suggests that a short midday nap can ...