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We now know that training changes your brain even after only a few sessions. Translation: older brains can change too
Astronauts traveling to Mars might be at risk of long-term brain damage and even dementia due to galactic cosmic ray exposure, a new study said Monday.
A new simulation technology is expected to help surgeons plan a life-saving procedure known as decompressive craniectomy for victims of brain trauma to relieve swelling before they cut a hole in the skull.
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, suggest brains that continue to perform well in old age, against odds that they are slower and less accurate in short-term memory compared to those of younger people, do so by rallying more of the brain to complete mental tasks.
Consuming diet and sugar-free processed foods may not be as healthy for you as you think after Australian researchers showed artificial sweeteners can actually make you eat more.
Smartphone texting changes our brain wave patterns, which could impact cognitive functioning, according to a new study. Also in the news: advice on bathing a baby with eczema
Smartphone texting changes our brain wave patterns, which could impact cognitive functioning, according to a new study. Also in the news: advice on bathing a baby with eczema
Doctors treating Thailand’s ailing King Bhumibol Adulyadej have performed a procedure to reduce a new build-up of water on the brain, the palace said on Sunday, the latest in a series of procedures for the 88-year-old.
Researchers hope to develop a high-bandwidth, implantable neural interface to open the channel between the human brain and modern electronics
Neurofeedback uses real-time scans to teach patients to try to change how they think.
Blindness could be partially cured using a bionic 'eye' which beams images directly into the brain.
Patients who have been treated for cancer of the central nervous system (CNS) (or brain tumors) in childhood or adolescence can show affected self-perception and self-identity in adulthood, according to latest study by the Karolinska Institutet.
Three scientists shared the 2014 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, the committee announced Monday.
Administering three doses of erythropoietin (EPO), a blood-doping hormone that stimulates the formation of red blood cells, immediately after birth may significantly reduce brain damage in very preterm infants, a study published by the Journal of American Medical Association said Tuesday.
Luc Besson's new sci-fi thriller Lucy may be laden with car chases and fight scenes, but the French director underlined the movie's "philosophical" side when addressing the press in Taipei on Tuesday.
U.S. researchers said Thursday they have found important physical evidence that sleep helps consolidate and strengthen new memories.
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