ADHD stimulants may improve performance not by sharpening focus, but by making the brain more awake and motivated.

Prescription stimulants, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are widely used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including in children. In the U.S., about 3.5 million children aged 3 ...

After traumatic brain injury (TBI), some patients may recover completely, while others retain severe disabilities. Accurately ...

After traumatic brain injury (TBI), some patients may recover completely, while others retain severe disabilities.

New research shows jazz improvisation relies on shifting brain networks as musicians move from memory to creative freedom.

Attention disorders such as ADHD arise when the brain struggles to separate important signals from irrelevant noise. At any ...

Human navigation turns out to be less like following a static map and more like tuning a control knob inside the brain. New ...

Brain scans of thousands of people revealed that the human brain has five distinct eras, with turning points in the way it is ...

A brain-scan study reveals key components of the brain's navigation system, which may help us better understand early ...

Research finds brain changes in long COVID patients and recovered people compared to never-infected people. What does this ...

Children with MS who have more paramagnetic rim lesions, or chronic inflammation, tend to show faster declines in brain ...

New research shows that deep learning can use EEG signals to distinguish Alzheimer’s disease from frontotemporal dementia ...