In a recent viewpoint published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, a group of authors evaluated emerging evidence linking nanoplastics to neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative disorders and ...

Scientists applied ChatGPT architecture to an AI model, allowing it to recognize about 1,300 previously unknown brain regions, and greatly expanding the current brain map. This precise representation ...

Right-brain vs. left-brain thinking is often discussed in psychology. Everybody uses both thinking types to some degree, but nearly everyone tends to have one or the other as a primary thinking style.

Question: I have seen a juxtaposition of two brain scans, one on drugs, the other not. Isn't that proof of the "chronic brain disease" theory of addiction? Answer: Some people who have been exposed to ...

Ever watched someone you love slowly forget your name? Yeah, it’s a gut punch like no other. Alzheimer’s doesn’t just steal memories—it swipes entire personalities, leaving families wondering: “Am I ...

Some of the most complex cognitive functions are possible because different sides of your brain control them. Chief among them is speech perception, the ability to interpret language. In people, the ...

A single psychedelic trip may cause physical changes in the brain that could explain why some people report psychological ...

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Picture an apple, any apple. As long as you don’t have aphantasia—the inability to visualize things in your mind’s eye—this suggestion triggers brain activity that’s surprisingly similar to what ...