Studies of brain injuries and electrical stimulation seemed to bear this out. Damaging the Broca’s area, for instance, ...

Can the brain keep working when its architecture changes? Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have discovered ...

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Adolescents have long engaged in high-risk behaviors and poor decisions. Now we know that it's got a lot to do with what's ...

The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...

The team’s research provides compelling evidence for the brain’s influence on physiology. A deeper understanding of this mind ...

The Dispilio tablet is a wooden artefact bearing linear marks, unearthed in 1993 during George Hourmouziadis’s excavations of ...

During brain development, neurons extend long processes called axons. Axons link different areas of the brain and carry ...

Your brain and your politics go hand in hand. We all know someone —an uncle, a colleague, a childhood friend— who seems to ...

Every time we show facial gestures, it feels effortless, but the brain is quietly coordinating an intricate performance.

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Drinks like green tea, coffee, berry smoothies, and others contain nutrients that can help support memory, focus, and overall brain health.