Doing simple puzzles like crosswords or sudoku in the morning activates the brain and improves problem-solving skills. Practicing mindful meditation for 5 to 10 minutes sharpens attention and helps ...

Ever wake up and feel like your brain’s still in sleep mode—foggy, sluggish, or just not ready to deal with the world (or ...

A new study reveals that eating junk food for just four days can impair memory and brain function. Diets high in sugar, salt, ...

As the body grows older, it gives away subtle signals, tired joints, slower digestion, or weaker eyesight. But the brain, too ...

A new study reveals that just five days of a high-fat, junk food-like diet can significantly impair memory by disrupting the brain's hippocampus. This ...

Maintaining good cognitive health at any age requires a combination of accessible, motivating and stimulating interventions.

For instance, people with more fat in their arms and torso showed thinning in the sensorimotor cortex, a brain region tied to ...

Nicco Baggetta has suffered his fair share of concussions. “Your head hurts. Everything’s fuzzy. (There are) stars in the sky ...

At just 4 years old, she saw her mother’s killer—and never forgot his face. Nearly five decades later, her memory and a ...

Eli Sharabi spent 16 months as a hostage in Gaza's tunnels, surviving on moldy pita. Two years after the Hamas attack that ...

Sports-related concussions (SRCs) typically occur when the brain is hyperthermic. Acute head-and-neck cooling should, ...