The brain is our body’s command center, the control tower for our body and mind—no wonder it’s the focus of intense research across the globe, with so much interest in figuring out the mysteries of ...

Hearing is complex, involving several intricate processes and ending with higher-level processing in the brain. That being said, hearing keeps us connected with the world around us. As an audiologist, ...

It sounds like an oxymoron, but we could find the origin of consciousness in our brains using the brains of those who are unconscious.

The parts of the brain that are needed to remember words, and how these are affected by a common form of epilepsy, have been identified by a team of neurologists and neurosurgeons at UCL. The new ...

The human brain is an impressive example of biological engineering, and at the top is its largest part: the cerebrum. Making up about 85% of the brain's weight. It controls everything that makes you ...

Parts of the brain that are used more develop more synapses, hence more mass. Rather than systematically degenerating, older adults' brains seem to preserve what they use, at least in part. Brain ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), in particular, may be at play, and identifying ways to slow down its progression can help. In ...

I recently asked myself if I’ll still have a healthy brain as I get older. I hold a professorship at a neurology department. Nevertheless, it is difficult for me to judge if a particular brain, ...

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Millions of women go through pregnancy every year, yet science has only just begun to look at what it does to the brain—the ...