Most leaders rely heavily on one key region of the brain: the prefrontal cortex (PFC), which is responsible for high-order ...

Esther Kuehn works for the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Tübingen. She receives funding from the European Research Council ...

Researchers found that even a short stretch of eating high-fat meals can disrupt key circuits tied to memory. The good news?

Ordinary human cells, not just neurons, respond more strongly to memory signals when they arrive in spaced bursts rather than ...

Peter Coppola does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Researchers have discovered that parts of the human brain age more slowly than previously thought—particularly in the region that processes touch. By using ultra-high-resolution brain scans, they ...

Researchers measured acetylcholine production in participants' brains at the beginning and end of the 10-week trial.

New research suggests that consciousness originates in the subcortex, and is polished by the cortex and cerebellum.

Slow, sleep-like brain waves persist in part of the brain that has been surgically disconnected from the rest of the organ even though the person is awake. The findings 1, published in PLoS Biology, ...

The human brain shrinks as it ages, affecting the ability to remember — it’s part of life. Yet there are a lucky few, called “SuperAgers,” who possess a brain that fights back. For these people, ...

A team of researchers suggests that four key brain patterns and behaviors that indicate conscious awareness in adults could ...

In January of 2022, Patty Young suffered a stroke at just 45 years old, which led to the discovery of a brain tumor. The ...