As sure as the brain is prone to distraction, it can also return its focus to the task at hand. A new study in animals by ...

A new study revealed music lovers over 70 have a 39% lower dementia risk and playing instruments cuts their risk by 35%, suggesting simple lifestyle changes could protect brain health.

The field of cognitive science has been dramatically reshaped by the emergence of large-scale neural architectures, most notably Transformer-based Large ...

Honing in on the junk-food pyramid to rank its most harmful members, researchers from Virginia Tech have discovered that ...

Joint research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) and the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, in the US, is ...

An early-stage study has found that a common chemotherapy drug disrupts lymphatic cells in the tissue surrounding the brain.

So, if you notice sticky note reminders around your parents' house, they could be struggling. Of course, it could be a ...

Less commonly discussed dimensions, such as moral reasoning, also appear to peak in older adulthood. And the capacity to ...

The high cost of publishing open access has plagued researchers for years, but a dedicated group of Harvard scientists and librarians are fighting to alleviate the costs of publishing.

The Fermi paradox goes like this: given the immense scale of the universe – trillions of galaxies, each with millions upon ...