From childhood to adulthood, our brains evolve at five critical ages. Here’s when they happen.

Your brain can still make new neurons when you’re an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive function? Researchers know that new neurons contribute to memory ...

The question of whether adult brains grow new brain cells has been debated for more than 60 years. Known as "neurogenesis", this process has been observed in the brain of other adult animals, yet its ...

Brain endurance training (BET), a combined cognitive and exercise training method developed for athletes, boosts cognitive and physical abilities in older adults. According to a new study by ...

After conducting multiple experiments and memory tests on more than 3,400 people across 63 studies, it was revealed that the difference in the brains of people who had eaten and people who hadn’t was ...

Researchers mapped all 139,255 neurons in the brain of an adult fruit fly, which are linked by more than 50 million synapses. Tyler Sloan for FlyWire, Princeton University, (Dorkenwald, S. et al.

Most of us were taught to measure success by ticking off boxes on a to-do list or hitting predetermined milestones. It’s easy to fall into the trap of what is called the Performance Mindset. We’re ...

The Spiking Neural Processor T1 is an AI chip that's modeled on the way the brain detects patterns and could extend the battery life in smart devices. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Dialogue with adults may lead to stronger pathways between two brain regions. Adults who hold back-and-forth conversations with young children rather than just talking to them may be helping to ...