Older adults with exceptional memories continue to grow new brain cells. A recent study published in the journal Nature shows ...

In the interdisciplinary fields of cognitive neuroscience, health psychology, and clinical medicine, the examination of music interventions offers a ...

A pair of new studies have provided fresh evidence in the long-running scientific debate—and the result could be game-changing for treating diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia.

In the early 2000s, a relatively new concept emerged to describe a very specific type of desire. The word sapiosexual describes a person who is sexually attracted to intelligence. For these ...

Past studies show that SuperAgers may experience slower brain atrophy, lower brain volume loss, and reduced neuroinflammation. Now a new study published in the journal Nature has found that SuperAgers ...

New research suggests that super-agers generate twice as many neurons as typical older adults. But you don't have to be a ...

Adults whose brains still have strong neuron production seem to have better memory and cognitive function than do those in whom the ability wanes, finds a study published today in Nature. The authors ...

The McKinsey Health Institute and the World Economic Forum recently released a landmark report, The Human Advantage: Stronger ...

A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas ...

Study argues to move beyond ‘reading genes’ — focus on conserved neural-development networks in humans to improve early screening and identify therapeutic leads.

Millions of myelin-producing cells have been mapped in the mouse brain, advancing our understanding of nervous system ...

Examining brain plasticity and its implications for development, aging, and brain injury recovery.