Youngsters who once built things, played games, and read books are now immersed in one-dimensional, passive tidbits of stimuli. That’s doing actual damage to their brains.

Music training sharpens focus by strengthening brain networks, helping listeners filter distractions and concentrate in noisy environments.

Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

How a brain's anatomical structure relates to its function is one of the most important questions in neuroscience. It ...

Research indicates that activities like dance, martial arts, and team sports significantly enhance cognitive function beyond traditional workouts. These complex movements stimulate the brain, ...

Sandra Knapp, chair of the judging panel for the 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize, explains why neurologist ...

A collaborative French-Swiss study reveals a previously unknown role for astrocytes in the brain's information processing.

A Cambridge researcher’s review suggests the brain’s ancient subcortex may sustain basic awareness, reshaping how science and ...

Built from low-powered protein nanowires made by bacteria, these neurons could enable vastly more efficient, bio-inspired computers. Engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed ...

Brain health is moving to the center of the healthcare conversation. As Dr. Charles Hennekens wrote in The American Journal ...

Using small angle neutron and X-ray scattering, researchers from the European Spallation Source and RWTH Aachen University have compared the nanostructure of gluten-free and normal spaghetti, finding ...