As emotions rise and fall in everyday life, your brain keeps up, constantly adjusting. These transitions between feelings—like joy, sadness, or fear—aren’t just random reactions. They’re part of a ...

CNN — Many of the ideas and metaphors in popular culture about how the human brain works don't stand up to scrutiny. That's a prevailing theme in Lisa Feldman Barrett's new book "Seven and a Half ...

Recent work has revealed some of the many crucial functions of astrocytes, brain cells that were once thought to play primarily supportive roles for neurons. Astrocytes do handle debris around neurons ...

Your brain’s habit of replaying the same song on a loop is not a glitch so much as a side effect of how memory, reward and attention are wired. The same circuitry that helps you recognize a friend’s ...

Researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered a mechanism that could explain how exercise improves cognition by shoring up ...

Scientists analyzed MRI data from people aged eight to 100 years and found that in early childhood, differences in brain connectivity patterns between men and women are minimal, but they increase ...

New science reveals how menopause reshapes the female brain. Find out when changes start, what symptoms to watch for, and how ...

Parkinson's disease does more than cause tremor and trouble walking. It can also affect sleep, smell, digestion and even ...