Scientists have found a surprising link between magnets and morality. A person's moral judgments can be changed almost instantly by delivering a magnetic pulse to an area of the brain near the right ...

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

The symptoms of mental exhaustion include physical exhaustion, decreased concentration abilities, irritability, delayed thinking and decreased drive for complex mental work. The brain uses this state ...

New experiments show that the brain distinguishes between perceived and imagined mental images by checking whether they cross a “reality threshold." We rarely mistake the images running through our ...

A new study finds key differences in the development of the cortex between autistic boys and girls ages 2-13. The study found sex-specific changes in the thickness of the outer layer of the brain, ...

Have you ever heard people refer to themselves as “left-brained” or “right-brained?” It's a common belief that people with a ...

Your brain is a complex, marvelous, unique connection of nerves, blood vessels and tissues. Its texture is similar to custard in a bowl – soft, pliable and slippery. Yet, it is the center of your ...

Researchers have reported finding major differences between postmortem and living prefrontal cortex brain tissues as they relate to one of the most abundant RNA modifications in the brain, known as ...