You might be familiar with a sensation called "brain zaps," or sensory disturbances that feel like electric shocks inside the brain. This symptom can occur after you skip or stop antidepressants ...

By Mekado Murphy ‘The Room Next Door’ | Anatomy of a Scene Pedro Almodóvar narrates a sequence from his film starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton. By Mekado Murphy ‘Wicked ...

But scientists have long assumed that bacteria can’t survive in the human brain. The powerful blood-brain barrier, the thinking goes, keeps the organ mostly free from outside invaders.

Anki is a powerful and highly extensible digital flashcard app for Linux, Windows, and macOS. Touting itself as a tool that “makes remembering easy,” Anki comes with everything that you need from a ...

Intelligence stems from brain-wide connections, not specific regions, according to JMU researchers. Their findings challenge established theories, highlighting the brain’s complexity. A new study ...

A person’s brain is not fully developed until their mid to late 20s, as the brain grows in physical size and with the emergence and strengthening of nerve pathways in the brain. Maturity, judgment, ...

But does stepping away from your feed really make a difference? Researchers say yes, and the benefits for your brain and well-being might surprise you. Many of us suspect we spend too much time ...

But what about the brain? “From a neuroscientist’s perspective, food is really fundamentally important for brain health, because our brains literally run on nutrients,” says Lisa Mosconi ...

Neuroscientists have identified the physical locations where memories are stored in the brain. But would that enable us to retrieve memories from someone who has died? When you purchase through ...

Individual differences in conscious experience and the brain Mental imagery arises when we imagine—versus experience with our senses—an object, person, event, or experience. It turns out that ...

KLOSTERNEUBURG, Austria — Imagine listening to your grandparents weave a captivating story about their childhood. How does our brain manage to store and retrieve those vivid memories with such ...