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Cambridge neuroscientists discover five distinct stages of brain development from birth to 90, revealing key turning points ...

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New research has charted the major developmental stages in the brain’s wiring—from early-life pruning to late-life network ...

Writing by hand engages more of the brain than typing. Scientists say the cognitive demands of handwriting may help keep the ...

MIT scientists found that what we see is strongly influenced by how alert or active we are. Parts of the brain responsible ...

Understanding the shape or morphology of neurons and mapping the tree-like branches via which they receive signals from other ...

Our brains undergo subtle yet significant changes with age, impacting memory, mood, and cognitive function. While structural ...

By contrast, glial cells seemed to be electrically silent and were dismissed as dull by most researchers. Some glia, called ...

Have you ever felt like you're on a completely different wavelength from everyone else? Maybe you think in ways that surprise ...

A hidden four-layer structure in the brain’s key memory hub has been revealed, reshaping how scientists understand learning ...

From analog hobbies to tech curfews, these Gen Zers are experimenting with science-backed ways to help their brains feel a ...