A new model of brain metabolism – the most complex ever generated –shows how altering key chemicals could restore aged cells ...

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Scientists are rethinking intelligence by comparing human problem-solving skills to those of animals, and the results are surprising. While humans excel at abstract reasoning, animals often ...

Studies (for reference, see these two example studies in Nature Communications and Frontiers in Psychology) suggest that the brain’s salience system plays a central role in detecting and ...

A key protein that could be responsible for brain ageing. Plus, researchers organize a day of action to #StandUpForScience. Nature - A key protein that could be responsible for brain ageing.

The human brain continuously processes the wide range of information it acquires from the outside world. Over time, this information is organized into mental representations, referred to as ...

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For decades, the idea that creativity comes from the right side of the brain has dominated popular culture. People have been told they're either "right-brained" (creative, intuitive) or "left-brained" ...

Researchers find that parents show patterns of brain connectivity that oppose age-related changes. Parents' brains may be getting an unexpected benefit from raising children: protection against ...

In most people, the left side of the brain and the right hand are dominant, explains Walf. In lefties, the right side of the brain is dominant—though lefties tend to be a bit more whole-brained ...