Psychedelics work on the brain by increasing the functional connection between the thinking and sensory regions, temporarily blurring the line between perception and thought, an international ...

Adults vary in how easily they learn new languages. While previous studies suggest this variability may be due to the ...

Daniel Kish lost both eyes to retinal cancer before he was two years old. By the time he was a teenager, he was mountain biking through traffic and hiking solo in the wilderness, navigating entirely ...

Brain scans reveal that metabolic health influences brain blood flow independently of age, with stronger cognitive effects in ...

Different psychedelic drugs have a strikingly similar effect on networks in the brain, finds the most comprehensive analysis so far of the mind-altering substances. The work, published in Nature ...

By refining our understanding of the brain mechanisms underpinning cognitive restructuring, we're hopeful our work can inform more precise and targeted approaches to treating PTSD. But there are other ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a technique to noninvasively visualize the brain's waste-removal ...

Tau proteins play an important role in our normal brain function, mainly by helping to stabilize neurons in the brain. But in Alzheimer’s disease, tau proteins can misfold and tangle inside neurons.

A large analysis of brain imaging and clinical data from more than 17,000 older adults is revealing a more complex picture of Alzheimer’s disease risk across populations.