As the global population ages, 2025 has delivered a remarkable wave of new research aimed at supporting healthier brains in ...

Vision shapes behavior and, a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds, behavior and internal states shape vision. The new ...

Researchers warn that regular consumption of artificially sweetened drinks like Diet Coke and Pepsi Max could impact heart and brain health—even at levels considered safe.

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The intricate bidirectional communication between the gut and the brain, known as the Gut-Brain Axis (GBA), is fundamental to human physiology and ...

The conventional narrative suggests that once you hit a certain age, mental decline is simply inevitable. You misplace your ...

MOG antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) is a rare autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. The blood of patients ...

Alzheimer’s association Nearly 120 years ago, the first case of Alzheimer’s disease was diagnosed by Dr. Alois Alzheimer. Today, as nearly 21,000 Montanans among more than 7.4 million people in the U.

Zooming in on the auditory cortex, the researchers found three unique sets of neurons that light up while we listen to music. Two sets of neurons encode absolute pitch (individual musical notes) and ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson are more than super-strong superheroes -- they have brain power, too. Schwarzenegger, movie idol and former governor of California, has an IQ of 132 ...

In recent years, scientific interest in psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found in “magic mushrooms,” has surged, driven ...