A brief period of exercise may do more for your brain than you expect. New research led by the University of Iowa shows that ...

Even more reason to schedule that early-morning workout ...

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

Nelson Dellis credits techniques like the method of loci for his extraordinary memory. Now, brain scans have revealed the ...

Getting older comes with its fair share of worries, and for many people, keeping their mind sharp sits near the top of the ...

Arianna Huffington breaks down the impact of daily behaviors on brain health.

Making music is a mental workout. The brain must simultaneously co-ordinate sound and vision, as well as fine motor control, focus and imagination. Over time this stretches the brain like a muscle.

Stressful situations experienced during adolescence tend to cause deeper and more lasting changes to the brain than those ...

The human brain holds a staggering number of connections, yet scientists have long struggled to explain how it stores so much ...

A new study has found that running changes gut bacteria and lowers a key receptor in the brain’s memory center. That link ...