Just a few fibers are enough for the two hemispheres of the brain to communicate with each other. This was shown by a new ...

Stanford scientists have solved a long-standing challenge in growing brain organoids by using a simple food additive to keep ...

My previous post, "Sexing the Brain (Early Days)" considered the early approach to consider sex differences in terms of perceptual asymmetries. That post ended on McGlone’s (1980) conclusion that men ...

Where you live can shape your brain. A new study links neighborhood stress, safety, and air quality to changes in brain ...

Internet users often claim that Vipassana can “rewire the brain,” making a person calmer, more focused, or even fundamentally ...

Endurance exercise such as long-distance running benefits the brain, with studies showing that it can improve cognition and reduce the risk of neurodegenerative disease. 2 It also places significant ...

A novel placebo-controlled study has found daily caffeine consumption can significantly reduce the volume of gray matter in the human brain. These findings do not immediately suggest caffeine ...