Recent studies show the importance of giving the brain healthy breaks — and it may look slightly different than you think. To process information effectively, the brain should function in a specific ...

The first wiring diagram of every neuron in an adult brain and the 50 million connections between them has been produced for a fruit fly. The diagram of all 139,255 neurons in the adult fly brain is ...

SEATTLE, WASH. — From a tiny sample of tissue no larger than a grain of sand, scientists have come within reach of a goal once thought unattainable: building a complete functional wiring diagram of a ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Mental Health, researchers investigated the brain health domains of individuals identified with four distinct dietary subtypes, namely starch-free, ...

A new study finds that teenagers with higher intelligence scores develop specialized brain hemisphere functions more quickly than their peers. Researchers tracked changes in functional homotopy, the ...

You know that moment when you’re scrolling at 10:47pm, genuinely intending to “wind down,” and somehow you end up down a ...