Our brains constantly create internal maps of the world, allowing us to navigate spaces, recall past experiences, ...

Walking backward fundamentally disrupts the brain’s deeply ingrained movement patterns. From early childhood, humans develop ...

In the brain, not all blood flow is created equal. RIKEN researchers have developed a detailed cortical layer map of the ...

It's hard to trust the disease statistics when cognitive tests often are not completed, write Robert Brownell and Dr. Yogesh Shah.

Dark organic glass found inside a skull appeared to be the fossilized brain of a male human who died during the 79 CE Mount ...

Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered that cosmic-ray showers seem to play a pivotal role in ...

Measles cases are popping up across the United States, including an outbreak in Texas that has led to the death of a child.

Playing with these computerized blocks may result in using areas of your brain that are more efficient rather than continuing ...

Online tests of women's reaction times offer insights into cognitive function and could help fill data gaps on early cognitive problems, potentially shedding light on dementia development later in ...

Cognitive control is the process by which goals or plans influence behaviour. Also called executive control, this process can inhibit automatic responses and influence working memory. Cognitive ...

Brain aging follows a surprising trajectory with a potentially game-changing discovery: there appears to be a crucial "window ...

Artificial intelligence turns static search engines into thought-shaping forces that subtly guide how we think, but who’s in ...