The cerebral cortex, the outermost layer of the brain, is the central driver of various human capabilities, including decision-making, perception, language and memory. Understanding how the morphology ...

Conduct problems—including persistent rule-breaking, aggression, irritability and difficulty following school rules—are ...

Short-term memories are thought to be formed deep within the brain in structures such as the hippocampus, but little is known ...

Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have identified five "major epochs" of brain structure over the course of a human life, as our brains rewire to support different ways of thinking while ...

New research found that older adults with higher vitamin C in their blood had more gray brain matter (tissue that supports ...

Memory lapses are a common and normal part of aging due to changes in the brain's structure and function. The effectiveness of over-the-counter brain supplements is difficult to determine due to a ...

Hot flashes have long been dismissed as harmless. Brain imaging studies are beginning to tell a more unsettling story.