
Brain
Active bodies build stronger brains
Aerobic fitness and physical activity correlate with widespread brain health in adolescents, according to a new imaging study in England.
Aerobic fitness and physical activity correlate with widespread brain health in adolescents, according to a new imaging study in England.
An area of the brain that lights up when hungry people see food also revs up when lonely people see social activities.
Some senses are highly organized in the brain. Taste is not. And that points to just how important it is.
Splitting your attention between devices can make it hard to create new memories, even when you’re not multitasking.
Puberty is a time when hormones surge and people develop the ability to have children. But it’s so much more than that.
The brain continues to grow and mature throughout childhood. One big change occurs in which parts of the brain turn on as someone processes language.
Nucleus comes from the Latin term “nuc,” meaning nut or kernel. In science there are lots of nuclei. Every one of them is the center of something.
High school girls and those with a history of concussions appear to take longest to recover.
Scientists refer to a narcotic as a drug that stops pain, but the word can be used in other ways as well.
Being confident can feed a confirmation bias in us, new studies show. This bias can make your brain ignore other people’s ideas and any conflicting information.