A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

Healthy aging induces parallel changes in brain functional activity and structural morphology, yet the interplay between ...

The struggle with weight management goes far deeper than simple willpower or lifestyle choices. Groundbreaking research now suggests that the foods we eat can rapidly rewire our brains in ways that ...

New research has found that being overworked can physically alter the brain. Researchers in South Korea set out to understand how working long hours impact the cognitive and emotional health of ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...

It is a central question in neuroscience to understand how different regions of the brain interact, how strongly they "talk" ...

The conventional wisdom about weight gain has typically followed a straightforward equation: consume more calories than you burn, and you’ll gain weight. But emerging research suggests a more complex ...

The brain plays a big part in the aging process, and scientists think they’ve pinpointed the specific cells that control it. In a study of mice, researchers at the Allen Institute identified certain ...

When it comes to brain health, delays can be costly. The brain is unlike other organs, it has very little tolerance for ...