People who are stressed out have a harder time orienting themselves. A new study used neuroimaging to reveal why this happens.

A patient can be fully awake but still meet the clinical definition of traumatic brain injury if they cannot remember the ...

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A little brain training today may help stave off Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia for at least 20 years. That's the conclusion of a study of older adults who participated in a cognitive ...

We see not just with our eyes, but with our brains. A mosaic of specialized areas in a brain region known as the visual cortex interprets different sights, helping us identify everything from solid ...

A new study published in J Neuroscience suggests that adults with ADHD tend to experience sleep-like brain activity even while they are fully awake. Here are why these findings matter and what you ...