(CN) — Brain charts could allow doctors to compare the size and relative function of individual sections of a person’s brain with those of their peers across every age group, providing clinicians a ...

Dementia risk has been a big point of conversation, with researchers looking for signs and risk factors that can show up ...

Scientists have created the first reference charts for the human brain, mapping its growth from infancy to 100 years old. Now, they have to grapple with difficult ethical questions about how they ...

An international team of researchers has created a series of brain charts spanning our entire lifespan -- from a 15 week old fetus to 100 year old adult -- that show how our brains expand rapidly in ...

Share on Pinterest New research brings together the MRI brain scans of over 100,000 people and uses them to chart brain changes across the human lifespan. Andrew Brookes/Getty Images A lack of ...

Large brains use a lot of energy. Yet brain size has little connection to intelligent problem-solving. Some of the best problem-solvers are birds, who have tiny brains. Do our large brains help us to ...