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New scientific evidence challenges the alleged cognitive benefits of brain-training games. Exercise and sleep may be better ways to boost cognition.

Researchers have for the first time mapped the distribution of magnetic particles in the human brain. The study reveals that the particles are primarily located in the cerebellum and the brainstem, which are the more ancient parts of the brain.

Researchers have found that women who play soccer may be more at risk than their male counterparts. According to a new study, female soccer players exhibit more extensive changes to brain tissue after repetitive ‘heading’ of the soccer ball.

A new study argues that humans recognize what they are looking at by combining current sensory stimuli with comparisons to images stored in memory.

Researchers find that a deficiency of acetyl-L-carnitine is associated with a particular subtype of depression. Individuals with very low levels of this molecule often have highly severe symptoms and don’t respond to traditional antidepressants.

Neuroscientists have debunked claims that getting better at a brain training game can translate to improved performance in other, untrained cognitive tasks.

Managing Editor Honor Whiteman gives her rundown of what’s been happening in the MNT editorial office this month — and it’s not what you might expect.

Every year, millions of people are admitted into hospitals for suspected mild traumatic brain injury cases. Today, the only reliable diagnosis is the CT Scan, which is only available in some hospitals and exposes patients to radiation. Researchers have…