Right-brain vs. left-brain thinking is often discussed in psychology. Everybody uses both thinking types to some degree, but nearly everyone tends to have one or the other as a primary thinking style.

The brain’s hemispheres are specialized for efficiency. Modern neuroscience shows lateralization enhances function without ...

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The human brain's soft folds and ridges, arising in early development and continuing through the first 18 months of life, are ...

Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, ...

How can we test our brain health? What happens to the brain during pregnancy? And how easily does the brain heal from alcohol? On today’s episode, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent, ...

Neurosurgeon and Engineer Dr. Ben Rapoport, co-founder of Precision Neuroscience, joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the emerging technology of brain implants and ...

What if your brain could improve faster than you think? Here’s how a 12-week plan can boost focus, memory, and mental energy.

It takes a lot of brainpower to create BrainHQ’s brain training program. And much of that belongs to one man: Michael Merzenich, Ph.D., a professor emeritus at University of California San Francisco ...

New research suggests intelligence arises not from a single brain region, but from how networks across the brain work together as an integrated system. Neuroscientists often describe the brain as a ...

Nervous system disorders are among the leading causes of death and disability globally. Conditions such as paralysis and aphasia, which affect the ability to understand and produce language, can be ...