Imagine the brain as an atlas of possibilities and risks. Genetic variants linked to depression affect its shape, subtly ...

Scientists have determined that how the brain shape changes with age could indicate early signs of dementia. Experts are finding that the best way to understand how the brain ages is not by examining ...

For over 100 years, scientists have agreed that discrete collections of brain cells fire off signals to other brain areas through a series of interconnected fibers. In a new study, researchers applied ...

Though much about the brain remains a mystery, scientists have long surmised that our thoughts, feelings and behavior are the result of billions of interconnected neurons that transmit signals to each ...

The human brain remains one of the most complex and least understood organs, but recent breakthroughs in genetic research have unveiled startling insights into how genes shape brain structure and ...

Your brain doesn't have to age on autopilot. New research shows we can slow—and potentially reverse—brain aging.

Andy Clark is a professor of cognitive philosophy at the University of Sussex and at Macquarie University, Australia. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the British Academy and is an ...

Caroline Trumpff, an assistant professor of medical psychology at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City, has long been interested in the mind-body connection. While many ...