Millions of women go through pregnancy every year, yet science has only just begun to look at what it does to the brain—the ...

Going to space is harsh on the human body, and as a new study from our research team finds, the brain shifts upward and ...

New research reveals that even mild respiratory infections can leave lasting biological changes. However, COVID-19 stands ...

(Science Photo Library/Canva) Exercise works wonders throughout the human body, including the brain. Research suggests an ...

A prospective cohort study published in Nature Communications reports that a second pregnancy is associated with distinct structural and functional brain changes on MRI, differing in key ways from ...

A new study finds a link between early eating and lifelong brain health, suggesting that consuming unhealthy foods during childhood can affect how the brain regulates eating in the long term.

In a new study, researchers discovered that the human brain has four pivotal periods when it goes through marked changes, sparking five "epochs" that last for years. The adolescent phase, for example, ...

Have you ever heard or read a word that’s either new to you or that you’ve not encountered, and suddenly it starts cropping up everywhere? This is true for me with the word neuroplasticity. It ...

Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. Neuroscientists have long held that the brain reorganizes itself when a body part is amputated. A new ...

Neurodegenerative diseases affect more than 57 million people globally. The incidence of these diseases, from Alzheimer's to ...

You’ve likely experienced it: a day when your mind just feels a bit slow — finding the right words takes effort, processing feels sluggish, and recalling information takes longer than usual. People ...