Four major turning points around ages nine, 32, 66 and 83 create five broad eras of neural wiring over the average human lifespan.

During the early thirties, the brain’s wiring pattern moves into what the researchers describe as the adult mode. This adult period is the longest, lasting more than 30 years. A subsequent turning ...

“The results showed that individuals who were physically active performed better in these cognitive tests, demonstrating ...

A new way of mapping activity and connections between different regions of the brain has revealed fresh insights into how higher order functions like language, thought and attention, are organized. A ...

New research suggests the human brain has five distinct ages, and it may not reach adulthood until a person's early 30s.

Our brains have to do a lot of work when we watch a movie. There are plots to follow, dialogue to interpret, visuals to take in, and more. Now, scientists have created a detailed map of how the human ...

Diesel exhaust particles can disturb the function of human brain immune cells, known as microglia, according to a recent study led by the University of Eastern Finland. The findings, published in ...

Erythritol may impair cellular functions essential to maintaining brain blood vessel health, according to researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder. Findings suggest that erythritol increases ...

Anthony Leonardo is a neuroscientist at Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s research facility who has created an environment to track dragonflies’ neuron transmissions. This research will enable him to ...