These four hands-on activities guide students to explore how their attention and memory function and how that impacts ...

The brain is more changeable than most people realize—and the things that change it the most aren't complicated.

We all probably carry around random pieces of information that we pull out as a party trick. For example, I like to tell people that it would take them 19 minutes to fall to the center of the earth.

I have come to realise that my day is littered with small rituals. Each morning, I stir a spoonful of creatine into my water, drink it to wash down a multivitamin, then eat some plain but ...

Scientists have discovered that the human brain understands spoken language in a way that closely resembles how advanced AI language models work. By tracking brain activity as people listened to a ...

Researchers co-led by 2016 BBRF Young Investigator Ethan Lippmann, Ph.D., report they have succeeded in “building” vascular tissue that functions like the brain’s crucial protective membrane, called ...

Share on Pinterest Could expertise slow down cognitive decline? A study on expert birders answers in the affirmative. Image credit: David Trood/Getty Images As we age, we experience changes in our ...

A new bioluminescent tool allows neurons to glow on their own, letting scientists track brain activity without harmful lasers or fading signals. The advance makes it possible to watch individual brain ...

Whether you’re taking a break from work or sitting down for a moment before you complete the rest of the housework, we all need a little time to recharge during the day. However, we don’t want to ...

Since the pandemic, offices around the world have quietly shrunk. Many organisations don’t need as much floor space or as many desks, given many staff now do a mix of hybrid work from home and the ...