Animals survive in changing and unpredictable environments by not merely responding to new circumstances, but also, like ...

Scientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that ...

We trust external observation over introspection, but we have it backward. When the brain observes itself, we access physical ...

Recent scientific research has unveiled a crucial link between hormones, dopamine, and the learning process, potentially ...

Experiments reveal how estrogen enhances dopamine and cognitive function. Hormones are known to have powerful effects on the brain, influencing mood, motivation, and decision-making. Yet, the precise ...

Semax, a synthetic heptapeptide (Met-Glu-His-Phe-Pro-Gly-Pro), derived from adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), has emerged as a subject of growing interest in various scientific domains, ...

In a town on the shores of Lake Geneva sit clumps of living human brain cells for hire. These blobs, about the size of a ...

In a promising medical discovery that could transform early detection of 'Parkinson's disease' (Parkinsonism), a team of ...

Weaving together science, storytelling and evidence-based advice, a new book by Benjamin A. Rein, PhD, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry, reveals why social connection is critical to brain ...

Picture puzzles engage the human brain to the max when completing a jigsaw puzzle or finding a hidden object in a complex ...

AI can help humans reach their cognitive “flow state,” says author Mithu Storoni, by balancing challenge and ability.