Soccer players who head the ball a lot are three times more likely to have concussion symptoms than players who don't head the ball often, according to a new study published in the February 1, 2017, online issue of...
UC San Diego neurosurgeons color code the brain with tractography. The circular object is a tumor.
Credit: UC San Diego Health System
Neurosurgeons at UC San Diego Health System are using a new approach to visualize the brain's delicate anatomy prior...
Participants rode stationary bikes while wearing a wireless heart rate monitor and an EEG cap.Credit: Image courtesy of University of California - Santa Barbara
It's universally accepted that the benefits of exercise go well beyond fitness, from reducing the risk...
Scientists in Japan have designed new molecules that modify the circadian rhythm, opening the way to the possibility of managing jet lag and improving treatments for sleep disorders.
The negative impacts of jet lag and shift work could be significantly...
Children's brains are far more engaged by their mother's voice than by voices of women they do not know, a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine has found.
Brain regions that respond more strongly to the mother's...
Traumatic stress affects the brains of adolescent boys and girls differently, according to a new brain-scanning study from the Stanford University School of Medicine. Image Credit: Flickr/firesam
A brain region that integrates emotions and actions appears to undergo accelerated maturation...
A pilot study from a group of Dutch scientists implies that being told that an image is an artwork automatically changes our response, both on a neural and behavioural level. This may mean that our brains automatically up or...
Ever wondered what happens inside your brain when you stay awake for a day, a night and another day, before you finally go to sleep? In a new study published in the journalScience, a team of researchers from the...
A detailed new map by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis lays out the landscape of the cerebral cortex -- the outermost layer of the brain and the dominant structure involved in sensory perception and...
Michigan State University psychology professor Zach Hambrick, left, and graduate student Alexander Burgoyne discuss their findings that chess skill is related to intelligence.Credit: Michigan State University
Intelligence -- and not just relentless practice -- plays a significant role in determining...
It may sound like sci-fy, but mind reading equipment are much closer to become a reality than most people can imagine. A new study carried out at D'Or Institute for Research and Education used a Magnetic Resonance (MR) machine...
