Neuroscience

Diabetes Drugs May Offer Hope for Parkinson's

By Justin Worland

Green Spaces at School May Help Kids' Brains Develop

By Justin Worland

Game-Changing Discovery Links Brain and Immune System

By Alissa Greenberg

You Now Have a Shorter Attention Span Than a Goldfish

By Kevin McSpadden
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Air Pollution May Make Your Brain Age Faster, Study Says

Air pollution can also increase your risk of a stroke

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Alzheimer's May Be Caused by Misfiring Immune System

Breakthrough may lead to innovative approaches to treatment

By Kevin McSpadden

Here's a New Trick to Help Babies Learn Faster

Surprise them. Not by jumping out of a closet but by challenging her developing notions about the world, and avoiding the same-old same-old

By Alice Park

How Air Pollution Affects Babies in the Womb

A new study finds evidence that prenatal exposure to common pollutants can contribute to hyperactivity, aggression and more in kids

By Alice Park

Your Brain Learns New Words By Seeing Them Not Hearing Them

To be a really proficient reader, it’s not enough to “hear” words. You also have to see them

By Alice Park

Five Best Ideas of the Day: March 12

1. Protecting whistleblowers protects national security.By Mike German at the Brennan Center for Justice2. Could we treat pain by switching off the region of the brain controlling that feeling?By the University of Oxford3. Small businesses...

By The Aspen Institute

Teen Pot Smokers Have More Memory Damage, Study Says

Chronic pot smoking may alter the shape of a region in the brain involved in memories

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Drug Found to Relieve Alzheimer's Precursor

Researchers now want to proceed to substantial clinical trials

By Kevin McSpadden

Alzheimer’s Protein Found in Young Brains for the First Time

The brain-damaging protein in Alzheimer’s disease may start accumulating as early as in our 20s

By Alice Park

Three Amputees Get Bionic Hands, Become Cyborgs

The bionic hand allows the patients to perform everyday activities

By David Stout

A Simple Skin Test May Detect Alzheimer’s

There’s new hope that the first signs of these brain disorders may lie in the skin

By Alice Park

Famed Scientist Oliver Sacks Reveals He Has Terminal Cancer in Soulful Op-Ed

The neurologist and author writes in the New York Times that he feels "intensely alive" in the face of death

By Noah Rayman

Even More Bad News For Young Football Players

Former NFL players performed below expectations for their age groups on cognitive assessments

By Justin Worland

Dogs Can Get Dementia Too

Dogs are living longer — and a veterinarian finds himself diagnosing canine dementia at least once a day

By Zócalo Public Square

This Is How Music Can Change Your Brain

Actively learning to play an instrument can help a child's academic achievement

By Melissa Locker

Football Head Impacts Can Cause Brain Changes Even Without Concussion

New study looks at high school athletes

By Melissa Locker
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