I slumped in a wheelchair in my doctor’s office. The clock above the door ticked erratically, as if someone outside the room was winding the gears forward and then turning them back every few seconds.

For nearly 30 years, a landmark study shaped how scientists understood the relationship between brain and body size in ...

As more Americans live longer, maintaining brain health is becoming an increasingly important part of overall well-being. During Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month and throughout the year, there is ...

What are you doing when you aren’t doing anything at all? If you said “nothing,” then you have just passed a test in logic and flunked a test in neuroscience. When people perform mental tasks–adding ...

These lyrics from South Pacific hint at something deeply human: Our lives unfold through talk. Our conversations give form to our thoughts and tie us to one another. But beneath the surface of every ...