Study finds Five Major Brain Development Phases, Adulthood Actually Begins 32 The human brain doesn’t just grow up ...

In the first stage-childhood, from birth to nine years-the brain rapidly expands and prunes connections. Dr. Alexa Mousley, lead author, describes this as a noisy, inefficient communication phase ...

Memory failures often feel like personal lapses, but new research suggests the problem may be rooted in hidden architecture ...

Every job is its own weird little universe, with its own set of unbreakable rules and unspoken truths. It's the "common ...

Alzheimer’s disease is the most commonly diagnosed form of dementia, but it’s far from the only one. In fact, most people who ...

There is no single, easy test to diagnose Alzheimer’s, but a new review of 18 scientific studies confirms that a simple blood ...

New research suggests the human brain has five distinct ages, and it may not reach adulthood until a person's early 30s.

An international collaboration led by Cornell researchers used a combination of psilocybin and the rabies virus to map ...

On its own, LATE dementia is less severe than Alzheimer’s, but in combination, it makes Alzheimer’s symptoms worse, ...

High levels of calcium are toxic to cells and contribute to loss of neurons in Alzheimer's disease. A new study published in ...

One of the largest studies ever conducted on the link between the shingles vaccine and brain health offers insight into how the disease increases dementia risk. People who experienced multiple ...