The brain undergoes a full renovation during menopause. Although these changes are profound, we’re learning that the ...

“Exercise your brain,” experts advise people hoping to stave off dementia. But how? Stretching your brain might be the better description. Do a crossword puzzle a day and you may just get good at ...

A Tibetan Plateau study suggests the brain shifts its activity patterns as the body adjusts to low oxygen at high altitude.

Raising children appears to keep the brain young, potentially acting as a buffer against cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s ...

Brain scans reveal that metabolic health influences brain blood flow independently of age, with stronger cognitive effects in ...

Millions of women go through pregnancy every year, yet science has only just begun to look at what it does to the brain – the organ undergoing perhaps the most remarkable transformation. Over the past ...

We tend to think of learning as something that happens in the mind, a mental exercise of reading, practicing, and remembering. But the truth is far more visceral. Every time you learn something new, ...

Studies suggest that, like mothers, fathers may undergo a shift in their biology in preparation for and in response to the ...