Stretching your ability to focus is good for the brain. Paying close attention like that encourages the brain to pump more acetylcholine (a brain chemical important for learning, attention, and memory ...

Brain plasticity — also called neuroplasticity — is an odd term for most people, with the word “plastic” causing images of Tupperware or Saran Wrap to pop into your head. However, brain plasticity is ...

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It's well known that learning to play an instrument can offer benefits beyond just musical ability. Indeed, research shows it ...

Physical activity, thinking skills, and emotional regulation are evolutionarily intertwined, yet an "evolutionary bug" makes ...

Being ambidextrous is an uncommon ability that arouses curiosity in neuroscience and sports. It is defined as the ability to use both hands or both feet with equal dexterity, and a ...

While our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease is far from complete, the latest therapies, and others in more than 100 ...

Alzheimer’s disease has proved to be a tricky target, and researchers and drug developers have been pursuing effective ...

A new study published in Nature Medicine provides more evidence that ketamine’s rapid antidepressant effects may be partially dependent on the brain’s opioid system. The researchers found that ...

Game-based training improves not only the cognitive abilities of people with initial signs of developing dementia, but also leads to positive changes in the brain. That is according to two new studies ...

You don’t have to look far to find reports of people who have used VR headsets and then felt ‘off’ after removing them. While ...