We may finally have an answer on why people’s memories tend to decline with age.

People with dementia, mild cognitive impairment, alcohol addiction or psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia show ...

Falling in love can feel intoxicating. Scientists have now identified where love lives in the brain and why it feels ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Biologically speaking, there is no organ as vital or complex as the brain. And yet, the brain still remains somewhat a of a ...

There is a widespread misconception that forgetting where one places car keys or struggling to recall an acquaintance's name ...

Experts continue to discuss whether knowing your Alzheimer's risk is worthwhile or not. A new study found that a certain type of brain scan can detect people who have early brain changes linked to ...

The first light to pass through a human head may mark the start of a brain scan revolution. In a discovery that could reshape how we view and understand the human brain, researchers have successfully ...

A starry sky can be stunning—even inside a hospital emergency room. But instead of celestial bodies sparkling in the night, doctors in South Korea were gazing at bright brain lesions punctuating a ...

It's widely recognized that psychiatric conditions like depression and anxiety disorders are based in the brain. Scientists have even started to discover which brain areas are involved in different ...

New research shows that open layouts act as a constant tax on your attention, forcing your brain to work significantly harder just to stay focused.

The brain is a vast, densely interconnected network of neurons computing in parallel. Watching these computations unfold in real time could reveal how the brain processes sensation and guides behavior ...

The brain is a vast, densely interconnected network of neurons computing in parallel. Watching these computations unfold in ...