New research suggests autism and ADHD may be more connected than we ever thought.

The largest analysis of psychedelic brain imaging to date offers a clearer picture of how psychedelic drugs affect the brain.

Recent preclinical advances expose how the gut microbiome impacts the maintenance of brain health through the ...

Making life harder sounds deeply unfun, but it might be good for your cognitive function.

Cognitive decline, mental health and heart disease are all shaped by the deep links between heart and brain – with major ...

Arianna Huffington breaks down the impact of daily behaviors on brain health.

Scientists have uncovered a surprisingly large reserve of “silent synapses” in the adult brain—unused neural connections that can be rapidly activated to store new memories.

The brain knows exactly when a person might be craving a connection of any kind, and there are certain things it only does ...

Humans are social beings, and it shouldn’t be surprising that there are specific groups of nerve cells in the brain that are directly influenced by social experiences. One important mechanism ...

"When engineering a computer, you need to know the circuitry of the central processing unit. If you don't know how everything is wired together, you can't understand its function, optimize it or fix ...