Vision happens when patterns of light entering the eye are converted into reliable patterns of brain activity. This ...

Studying the process of brain formation illuminates just how much of development is a series of tiny miracles. Only a few weeks after a human egg is fertilized, a sheet of cells called the neural ...

Insomnia doesn’t just affect how you feel the next day — it may also impact your brain health over time,” said study author Dr. Diego Z. Carvalho.

The new study in the Neurology journal shows people with chronic insomnia are more likely to develop cognitive impairment, ...

Find out the various adverse effects of smoking, drinking alcohol, and similar negative substances on the development and ...

To better understand decision-making, researchers can create computational models—groups of equations that aim to predict what decisions people would make when faced with a set of choices. For example ...

CNN — (CNN) — Perched at the pinnacle of achievement, Olympians have trained their entire lives to reach their goal of standing on the winner’s podium. Not only do Olympic athletes tone their bodies ...

The Picostim-DyNeuMo research system, made by UK company Amber Therapeutics, is an adaptive neurostimulator seated in the skull with two electrodes placed in targeted brain circuits to sense ...

A trial of an interactive game that trains people to alter their brain waves has shown promise as a treatment for nerve pain -- offering hope for a new generation of drug-free treatments. A trial of ...