A team from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro) has discovered that early and sustained ...

Scientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines as people age. The results of this 10-week study back ...

The human brain is constantly adapting. Every skill learned and every habit formed reshapes neural pathways, strengthening connections and improving efficiency. This process, known as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After 40, your brain begins a subtle transformation. While wisdom and experience deepen, cognitive agility can wane if ...

A new study found a short siesta is enough to reorganize connections between nerve cells so that new information can be ...

A new study reveals that certain brain regions are more active in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) during ...

Cognitive fatigue manifests when the brain is overworked or stressed from prolonged periods of mental effort. This form of fatigue can impair attention, decision making, reaction times, and ...

Princeton researchers found that the brain excels at learning because it reuses modular “cognitive blocks” across many tasks. Monkeys switching between visual categorization challenges revealed ...

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