Researchers have linked spending more time playing video games with a boost in intelligence in children, which goes some way ...

New research shows that caring for grandchildren can slow cognitive decline and boost memory, focus, and mental flexibility, especially in supportive families.

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In recent years, research into cannabis and its main psychoactive ingredient, Δ⁹-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), has unearthed ...

New research suggests THC’s cognitive drawbacks may be mitigated when combined with a targeted anti-inflammatory drug. Cannabis research has highlighted a scientific paradox. Its best-known ...

Mass General Brigham investigators have linked difficult early life experiences with reduced quality and quantity of the white matter communication highways throughout the adolescent brain. This ...

New research suggests that frequent consumption of ultra-processed foods is linked to a significant decline in mental ...

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"I guess people chew harder when they are sad," William Wrigley Jr. said during the Great Depression, as his gum empire kept making money while tens of thousands of businesses went bankrupt. A 1918 ...