“Every swipe you do on Instagram or TikTok can give you a tiny dopamine hit, which is the brain's reward chemical. And over ...

A neurologist has issued a stark warning about smartphone usage, suggesting it may be harming our brains. He has called on ...

New research suggests that social media isn’t just feeding your kid the latest memes — it may actually be messing with their ...

Neuroscientists have observed for the first time how structures deep in the brain are activated when the brain becomes aware of its own thoughts, known as conscious perception 1. The brain is ...

The human brain shrinks as it ages, affecting the ability to remember — it’s part of life. Yet there are a lucky few, called “SuperAgers,” who possess a brain that fights back. For these people, ...

One evening in 1951 astronomer William Wilson Morgan was strolling home from Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin when he looked up at the night sky and had a “flash inspiration ... a creative intuitional ...

Researchers have pinpointed a specific region of the brain that may explain why older adults often feel less familiar with their surroundings as they age. Experts from Stanford University analyzed ...

Most of us take our senses for granted, at least until one of them stops working. But despite the usefulness of smell, sight, touch and the other senses, they took millions of years to work themselves ...

Researchers have recently reviewed the existing literature to understand how an adolescent’s eating behavior affects the development of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and hippocampus (HPC), as well as ...