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A new study examines how being a grandparent could protect brain aging and extend life, especially for grandparents who ...

A secondary analysis of the KARE trial found that ketamine’s psychoactive experiences did not predict alcohol abstinence in ...

For decades, most scientists treated the spinal cord as little more than a biological cable. The brain gave orders, the ...

The ability to communicate symbolically is one of the hallmarks of our species, yet scientists still don’t know exactly when ...

Experts looked deep inside the human mind and found a hidden door they cannot explain ...

While your peers might struggle with smartphones or forget last week's conversations, you breeze through complex TV plots and adapt to changes without missing a beat—these seemingly ordinary abilities ...

A series of recent studies has pinpointed the specific molecules and biological pathways through which physical activity protects the brain from aging, disease, and toxic protein buildup. Researchers ...

A retired teacher's accidental discovery during "Jeopardy!" revealed how certain TV shows are secretly training millions of older viewers' brains in ways that would surprise their worried ...

From dolphins to bees, intelligence appears in many forms: planning, empathy, craft, and culture shaped by place, need, and times.

The Johns Hopkins-created maps provide higher resolution and better coverage of gray matter than previously published maps, ...

Several athletes at the Olympics have looked as if they're dancing just before they set off to compete, but they are visualizing.