Researchers from the UK & Japan have identified how the brain’s natural painkilling system could be used as a possible alternative to opioids for...
A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has discovered that specific genes are linked to individual differences in brain anatomy in...
Our lives are already enhanced by AI – or at least an AI in its infancy – with technologies using algorithms that help them to learn from our...
Making eye contact with an infant makes adults’ and babies’ brainwaves ‘get in sync’ with each other – which is likely to support communication and...
New research on our internal trade-off when physical and mental performance are put in direct competition has found that cognition takes less of a...
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have designed antibodies that target the protein deposits in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease...
Brain imaging can reveal a great deal about who we are and what is going inside our heads. But how far can – and should – this research take us...
Our personality may be shaped by how our brain works, but in fact the shape of our brain can itself provide surprising clues about how we behave –...
Could a Mediterranean diet keep your brain young? That is the tantalising finding from a study out this week. Writing on The Conversation website...
The size of a female animals' brain may determine whether they live longer and have more healthy offspring, according to new research led by the...
A new super-resolution imaging technique allows researchers to track how surface changes in proteins are related to neurodegenerative diseases such...
Researchers have discovered a way to remove specific fears from the brain, using a combination of artificial intelligence and brain scanning...
