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Our brain’s changing structure, not simply getting older and wiser, most affects our attitudes to risk, according to new research.

If we sleep in the first 24 hours after a traumatic experience, this may help process and integrate the distressing memories more effectively, as researchers demonstrate in a new study. Sleep could thus be used as an early prevention strategy for post-…

A study of older adults links consumption of a pigment found in leafy greens to the preservation of ‘crystallized intelligence,’ the ability to use the skills and knowledge one has acquired over a lifetime.

Age itself is not the determining factor in how an individual views or tolerates risk when making decisions; instead, it is the age-related decline in the volume of gray matter in our brains, research shows.

A leak of a protein called haemoglobin from damaged red blood cells may be associated with brain shrinkage in multiple sclerosis, report scientists.

Better behaved, larger brains, higher paychecks: a new groundbreaking study finds that Kangaroo Mother Care has enduring benefits 20 years later.

During REM sleep, the brain inhibits the motor system, which makes the sleeper completely immobile. Researchers have identified a population of neurons that is responsible for this transient muscle paralysis. The animal model created will shed light on…

Mice that had free-access to a running wheel were able to maintain ocular dominance plasticity after suffering a stroke, compared to those that didn’t, new research shows. These exciting observations have the potential to provide a simple but effective…

The neural structure we use to store and process information in verbal working memory is more complex than previously understood–a discovery that has implications for the creation of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, such as speech translation too…

Athletes in individual sports are more prone to developing depressive symptoms than athletes in team sports.