Scientists are developing a brain-computer interface to help patients with Broca’s aphasia regain speech. Broca’s aphasia ...

Imagine seeing a furry, four-legged animal that meows. Mentally, you know what it is, but the word "cat" is stuck on the tip of your tongue.

Can you spot the escaped prisoner in just 5 seconds? Test your observation skills, logic, and intelligence with this tricky ...

A novel placebo-controlled study has found daily caffeine consumption can significantly reduce the volume of gray matter in ...

Caroline McKinney gave evidence to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry sitting beside her daughter Niamh. A mother has told how her ...

The largest part of the brain is the highly-evolved cerebrum. The topmost portion is divided into two hemispheres, each with four lobes, within which are many other subdivisions. The cerebral ...

When we listen to music and find it beautiful, our brains engage in a different pattern of activity compared to when we ...

For example, for as simple a task as remembering an image we have just seen, the brain connects the frontal lobe (which deals with short-term memory) with the occipital lobe, which deals with ...

Mild cognitive impairment is linked to blood vessel dysfunction in the brain's temporal lobes—the seat of memory—according to a new USC-led study. The findings, seen in people with and without ...

It's not just that you start to slowly (or sometimes not so slowly) begin losing your mental capacity as you age — your brain actually gets smaller the older you get, shrinking about 5% per decade ...