Add another downside of lighting up to the list. The risks of smoking are well-documented, from the fact that a single ...

As I enter deep middle age, parenting two teenagers, I find reading about brain development more interesting. The old-school view of becoming an adult at 18 (or 21) seems simple. The more recent ...

In a world saturated with stories—from ancient myths to TikTok clips—narratives knit together emotion, memory, and meaning. A new study in the Journal of Neuroscience suggests that how a story is told ...

Women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) are at higher risk of experiencing brain injury and mental health ...

A major breakthrough just rewrote what we thought we knew about how adult brains work, and age. For decades, scientists have argued over one of neuroscience’s most fundamental questions: Can the adult ...

Scientists looked at a wide range of brain scans to determine how consciousness gets so trippy on mind-altering drugs.

Researchers have identified two brain receptors that help the brain clear away amyloid beta, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. By stimulating these receptors in mice, scientists increased levels of a ...

Our brain health depends on where and how we live. This study shows how environment and society shape brain aging.

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