The electrical signals rippling across the brain during and after physical activity offer a measurable window into how exercise reshapes mood. Researchers have spent decades recording ...

As people age, their brains do, too. But if a brain ages prematurely, there is potential for age-related diseases such as mild-cognitive impairment, dementia, or Parkinson’s disease. If “brain age” ...

As dementia becomes more widespread, Mayo Clinic researchers believe that artificial intelligence is the key to enabling earlier and faster diagnoses. By pairing AI and EEG (electroencephalogram) ...

Using Neuropixels probes, the scientists mapped the sequential approach by which interictal epileptiform discharges occur in ...

Everyone gets sleepy at work from time to time, especially after a big lunch. But for people whose jobs involve driving or working with heavy machinery, drowsiness can be extremely dangerous - if not ...

Clinical psychologists have a long tradition of attempting to understand what is “on the mind” of their clients by use of psychological tests. The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales, for example, have ...

A machine-learning analysis of brain waves recorded during sleep may help identify people at high risk of developing dementia, according to a study led by UC San Francisco and Beth Israel Deaconess ...

Clinicians use electroencephalography (EEG) to assess brain activity in epilepsy and sleep pathologies, and this powerful ...

Research has long shown that meditation influences brain function, but exactly when changes begin after starting - and how they evolve with continued meditation - has been less clear. A recent study ...

We have wearables that track our physical health—why not wear one that tracks our cognitive health? Researchers at the University of Colorado, the University of Miami, and Missouri’s Washington ...

Nature heals the soul, but what does it do to the brain? Have you ever been on a camping or hiking trip to a national park ...