This default mode is activated during divergent thinking, and researchers believe it plays a key role in our flashes of genius ...

Although age is the most significant risk factor for dementia, memory alterations are natural as we age. After age 40, the typical human brain decreases by about 5% every decade. This can have a ...

For many heartbreaking diseases of the brain — dementia, Parkinson’s ... Because it’s confounding to cure what we don’t ...

The way in which brains shrink in those who develop Alzheimer's disease follows no specific or uniform pattern, finds a new study by researchers at UCL and Radboud University in the Netherlands.

Scientists say they have achieved a "first" in the development of drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease. In a study published in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia, a team of researchers report the ...

Researchers suggest that the way Alzheimer's reshapes our brains is as unique as our fingerprints, challenging long-held ...

Researchers have developed a molecule called LaKe that mimics the metabolic effects of strenuous exercise and fasting.

Auditory hallucinations are likely the result of abnormalities in two brain processes: a 'broken' corollary discharge that fails to suppress self-generated sounds, and a 'noisy' efference copy that ...

Daniel J. Levitin's “I Heard There Was a Secret Chord” explores the many ways music can help heal our bodies and minds.

It’s not long before a conversation about space travel is likely to turn to the impact on the human body. Our bodies have ...

A new analysis from Imperial's human challenge study of COVID-19 has revealed subtle differences in the memory and cognition ...

Human brains are growing in size which reduces the risk of dementia, according to a study. Researchers at UC Davis found that those born in the 1970s had larger brain volumes than people born in the ...