As I enter deep middle age, parenting two teenagers, I find reading about brain development more interesting. The old-school view of becoming an adult at 18 (or 21) seems simple. The more recent ...

In a new study published in The Lancet Digital Health, scientists at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and ...

After a stroke, the brain may do something surprisingly hopeful—it can “refresh” parts of itself. Researchers analyzing brain scans from over 500 stroke survivors found that while the damaged side of ...

Historical views of the brain reflect the biases of the time. The industrial age spawned mechanical explanations for the ...

What if individual variations in brain structure could predict a young person’s tendency towards impulsive behaviors, ...

Researchers found that expert birders show structural differences in areas linked to attention and perception.

Cannabis use linked to brain volume changes, with evidence showing smaller amygdala size and distinct effects compared with ...