Biologically speaking, there is no organ as vital or complex as the brain. And yet, the brain still remains somewhat a of a mystery-there’s a lot that even experts don’t know. Another troubling fact ...

Neurable, which makes noninvasive brain-computer interfaces, is licensing its technology and promises a “flood” of new ...

Our bodies change as we get older, and one undesirable result is that we become more vulnerable to age-related issues. Particularly, old age is characterized by a significant physical and mental ...

Any high school reunion is a sharp reminder that some people age more gracefully than others. Some enter their older years still physically spry and mentally sharp. Others start feeling frail or ...

Imagine walking into a doctor’s office at 45 and getting a single brain scan that tells you not just how old your brain is, but how quickly your entire body will age over the next decades. This isn’t ...

An experimental brain scan may be able to accurately predict a person’s risk of age-related disorders. Image credit: Rafe Swan/Getty Images. Some people appear to age more slowly than others. This is ...

At the Yale Positron Emission Tomography Center, an ultra-high-performance brain-dedicated scanner called the NeuroEXPLORER, or NX, is redefining what is possible in brain PET imaging. With a 10-fold ...

Levels of iron in the brain could be a warning sign of future Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests. High levels of the chemical element have been shown to increase brain toxins and trigger ...

Studying cognition by averaging data from many people's brain scans hides how individuals use their brains, new Stanford Medicine research has shown. In particular, children who struggle with ...

Do our lives really flash before our eyes in death? A once-in-a-lifetime brain scan offers a glimpse at what the mind might be doing in our final moments. Death is perhaps the only thing we are ...