Q: I often get emotionally overwhelmed at work and this interferes with my problem solving a lot. How can I spend more time figuring out how to fix a challenge and less time drowning in feelings about ...

The parts of the brain that are needed to remember words, and how these are affected by a common form of epilepsy, have been identified by a team of neurologists and neurosurgeons at UCL. The parts of ...

The spinal cord is the control cable that connects the brain to the rest of the body. If it is severed, people lose the ability to move their body below the site of the injury. But if it is only ...

Are brain supplements effective in preventing memory lapses and improving cognitive capacity (thinking, problem solving, etc.)?

The human brain, despite its remarkable resilience, remains vulnerable to conditions that can drastically alter quality of life. A landmark study published in the BMJ Journal of Neurology, ...

Esther Kuehn works for the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Tübingen. She receives funding from the European Research Council ...

In the 2015 Pixar film Inside Out, a young girl’s mind is brought vividly and hilariously to life through a cast of animated archetypes, each representing a distinct facet of emotion or thought. The ...

Aging is inevitable, but losing brain power doesn’t have to be. Science now shows that neurogenesis—the process of growing ...

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Aging is an inevitable part of life, but the rate at which we age—both physically and cognitively—can be influenced by various factors, including our dietary choices. Emerging research shows that ...