--- title: Brain | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/brain/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/brain/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Brain ## Brain *  May 14, 2026 ## [The Brain Processes Language Under Anesthesia](https://time.com/article/2026/05/14/anesthesia-brain-processes-language/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Veronique Greenwood *  Mar 23, 2026 ## [What Anesthesia Does to the Brain, According to a New Study](https://time.com/article/2026/03/23/anesthesia-drugs-surgery-affect-brain/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Veronique Greenwood *  Jan 24, 2020 ## [Researchers Find 102 Genes Linked to Autism in One of the Largest Studies of Its Kind to Date](https://time.com/5770539/autism-genetic-link/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park *  Dec 23, 2019 ## [Genetic Mutations In Father’s Sperm Can Predict Children’s Autism Risk](https://time.com/5754177/autism-sperm-genetic-mutations/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park *  Dec 6, 2019 ## [Biogen Explains How Its Alzheimer’s Drug Went From Poor to Promising](https://time.com/5744981/biogen-alzheimers-drug-explanation/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park *  Oct 25, 2019 ## [How Biogen's Discontinued Alzheimer’s Drug Got A Second Life](https://time.com/5709023/biogen-alzheimers-drug/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park *  Aug 9, 2019 ## [How Exercise Lowers the Risk of Alzheimer’s by Changing Your Brain](https://time.com/5648702/exercise-alzheimers-risk/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park *  Aug 1, 2019 ## [A New Alzheimer's Blood Test Proved 94% Accurate in Finding Brain Changes Related to the Disease](https://time.com/5641602/blood-test-may-be-up-to-94-accurate-in-finding-people-with-alzheimers-brain-changes/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park *  Jul 16, 2019 ## [Does Listening to Music Stimulate Creative Thinking, or Stifle It?](https://time.com/5626958/music-creative-thinking/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Markham Heid *  Jul 14, 2019 ## [It May Be Possible to Counter Some of the Genetic Risk of Alzheimer’s With These Lifestyle Changes](https://time.com/5625778/alzheimers-genetic-risk-prevention/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park *  Jun 26, 2019 ## [Despite the Headlines, We Don't Yet Know If Anticholinergic Drugs Contribute to Dementia Risk](https://time.com/5614803/anticholinergic-drugs-dementia-risk/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park *  Mar 5, 2019 ## [More Seniors Should Be Getting Brain Health Screenings, Experts Say](https://time.com/5541999/alzheimers-association-report-2019/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Jamie Ducharme *  Feb 20, 2019 ## [Doing Physical and Mental Exercise When You’re Younger May Help Ward Off Dementia](https://time.com/5533718/exercise-reduces-dementia-risk/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park *  Feb 6, 2019 ## [Having More Education Won't Slow the Effects of Dementia, New Study Says](https://time.com/5522883/education-dementia-alzheimers/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park *  Jan 28, 2019 ## [Too Much Screen Time Can Have Lasting Impact on Kids](https://time.com/5514539/screen-time-children-brain/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/brain/","name":"Brain"}}]}] ```