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More people are turning to meditation apps to help them relieve stress and anxiety. But with hundreds of apps out there, which one should you choose?

The human brain has the ability to recognize and process a very wide range of sensory stimuli, from which it builds a mental representation. But do these representations change over time? Can we learn to classify and interpret stimuli more effectively?…

Microwave measurements can be used for a rapid detection of intracranial bleeding in traumatic brain injuries, results from a clinical study demonstrate. A recently published scientific paper shows that health care professionals get vital information a…

Researchers have identified a new mechanism by which inflammation can spread throughout the brain after injury. This mechanism may explain the widespread and long-lasting inflammation that occurs after traumatic brain injury, and may play a role in oth…

Researchers have identified 24 compounds — including caffeine — with the potential to boost an enzyme in the brain shown to protect against dementia.

Precise knowledge of the connections in the brain – the links between all the nerve cells – is a prerequisite for better understanding this most complex of organs. Now researchers have developed a new algorithm for analyzing image data.

Could a genetic predisposition to autism together with early stress have a more detrimental effect on boys than on girls? In experiments with mice, researchers found evidence that three factors — genes, environment, and sex — work together to produce…

Maintaining a healthy sex life could be key to a more satisfying work life, new research finds, though bringing work demands home may do the opposite.

Structural differences in the cerebral cortex have been found in patients with depression. These differences normalize with appropriate medication, report researchers.

Drinking concentrated blueberry juice improves brain function in older people, according to new research.