As children age into adolescence and on into young adulthood, they show dramatic improvements in their ability to control impulses, stay organized, and make decisions. Those executive functions of the ...

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology used functional MRI scans to track which brain regions activated when 176 young adults watched scenes from "The Social Network," "Home Alone" ...

Consciousness may emerge not from code, but from the way living brains physically compute.

It is a central question in neuroscience to understand how different regions of the brain interact, how strongly they "talk" ...

Based on a study of nearly 3,000 adults, one particular, simple diet has been shown to result in improved communication and structure of the brain's white matter. The more participants adhered to the ...

In findings that raise a variety of questions about how our brains work, and even about the nature of consciousness, UC Santa ...

Researchers mapped the brain connectivity of 960 individuals to uncover how fast and slow neural processes unite to support complex behavior.

New research utilizing advanced brain imaging techniques reveals that SARS-CoV-2 infection may induce lasting changes in the ...