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Health and wellbeing benefits equal to those of regular exercise, findings suggest.

Financial incentives for promoting daily physical activity goals are most effective when the award can be lost, according to a randomized, controlled trial published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Researchers report the first-ever connection between noradrenergic neurons and vulnerability to depression. This breakthrough paves the way for new depression treatments that target the adrenergic system.

Researchers have identified how the parasite Toxoplasma gondii makes its way across the blood-brain barrier.

Bilinguals use and learn language in ways that change their minds and brains, which has consequences — many positive, according to Judith F. Kroll, a Penn State cognitive scientist.

Bilinguals use and learn language in ways that change their minds and brains, which has consequences — many positive, according to a cognitive scientist.

The discovery has implications for understanding how the human brain evolved and how it varies between people

Researchers say they have developed tiny ‘mini-brains’ made up of many of the neurons and cells of the human brain — and even some of its functionality — and which can be replicated on a large scale.

Why do we remember some events, places and things, but not others? Our brains prioritize rewarding memories over others, and reinforce them by replaying them when we are at rest, according to new research.