High-fat diets are linked to obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and other health problems. High-fat diets can also ...

Brain scientists looked inside the open skulls of 16 epilepsy patients and tracked how a thought develops and moves.

Many sexual assault victims also suffer a form of brain damage, reveals new research. Previous studies have shown that around ...

Many horse owners think the existence of the prefrontal cortex is a major controversy in equine science. It’s not. It’s just an area that’s riddled with misinformation. Curiously, most people—horsey ...

Obtaining prefrontal cortex biopsies during deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in living patients does not increase the risk of adverse events or cognitive decline compared to standard DBS ...

In a major shift for how mental health conditions might be treated, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ...

Attention disorders such as ADHD arise when the brain struggles to separate important signals from irrelevant noise. At any moment, the brain is flooded with information, and staying focused depends ...

A new study has uncovered the ways different types of play are linked to children's social abilities and brain activity. The ...