The brain disease model of addiction has dominated public and scientific discourse on addiction (termed substance use disorder [SUD] in the DSM-5) over the past 3 decades. The model framed addiction ...

Brain games claim to boost memory, but do they truly work? Learn what actually protects your brain and the best ways to ...

People who are genetically predisposed to dementia may lower their risk by as much as 35% by improving their ...

As part of our current Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 themed week, we've named the Japanese gaming giant's top consoles.

A painless and non-invasive pulse of electrical stimulation to specific brain areas can ease some symptoms of post-stroke ...

“Resistance training puts literal wear and tear on muscles, so sleep is needed to repair and grow those muscles. “Learning new movements also builds new pathways in the brain and encourages ...

Researchers identified a gene that seems to help slow brain aging in women, and studied links between hormone therapy, menopause and Alzheimer’s. By Gina Kolata Women’s brains are superior to ...

The study will examine psychosocial and social factors as potential moderators of attention training outcomes in children with acquired brain injury. The study has a long-term follow-up of 3 months ...

Regular physical activity is important for maintaining a healthy brain as we age. But experts say one particular form of exercise—resistance training—is crucial for brain health, with research ...

I am eager to learn more, in the coming years, about which signals my brain responds to, how are those signals processed, and-yes- whether they can be altered. But it’s enough, for now to believe, to ...

Research from Northeastern and Brown Universities reveals that while memory can be improved through training and specific brain games, the effectiveness of such training is influenced by ...

There was a time when the word “Nintendo” was just an all-purpose stand-in for “videogames.” Nintendo dominated the gaming landscape so thoroughly in the late ‘80s and ‘90s that adults ...