Why is it so easy to hear individual words in your native language, but in a foreign language they run together in one long ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a natural mechanism that clears existing amyloid plaques in the ...

More than a century ago, Alois Alzheimer noted unusual changes in brain fats, which he described as "lipoid granules," along with the buildup of amyloid-beta (amyloid) plaques and tau protein tangles.

Why do no two human faces look quite the same? Although we all follow the same biological blueprint, our features—the curve ...

The Brown University cognitive neuroscientist studies how the brain and body interact, with the goal of translating insights ...

After you close your eyes, there is actually a certain point that brain activity falls off sharply, plunging until it reaches ...

Consciousness has long been treated as philosophy’s most stubborn mystery, yet a growing body of neuroscience is now tying ...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a clear and watery liquid that flows in and around the brain and spinal cord. Its functions ...

Kim Kardashian is reassuring fans after her discovery on "The Kardashians" that she'd experienced a "little" brain aneurysm. While appearing on "Good Morning America" on Tuesday, Oct. 28, alongside ...

Collin Wallace wanted a snack. Specifically, he wanted one delivered to his classroom during lecture (he had long lectures). This was 2006, when delivery was mostly limited to a few types of food, and ...

Imagine you are a security guard in one of those casino heist movies where your ability to recognize an emerging crime will depend on whether you notice a subtle change on one of the many security ...

A new study offers hope for brain cancer patients facing memory loss from radiotherapy. By blocking a single immune receptor, scientists preserved cognition in mice without dulling the cancer-killing ...