Decades of research have shown that, to make decisions, our brains gradually gather evidence for each option over time.

From brain scans to classroom tests, scientists are rethinking how video games shape children’s minds in Britain today. You ...

Now, researchers say they’ve uncovered something that was hiding in plain sight: Part of the drug’s power over blood sugar comes from the brain. A team at Baylor College of Medicine has identified a ...

(NewsNation) — For more than 60 years, doctors have prescribed metformin as a frontline treatment for Type 2 diabetes. Now, researchers say they’ve uncovered something that was hiding in plain sight: ...

No, this isn’t science fiction. Real-life researchers taught a dish of roughly 200,000 living human brain cells to play the classic 1990s computer game “Doom.” Experts at Cortical Labs, an Australian ...

There’s something a little bit magical about anesthesia. One minute you’re there, the next you’re not—and as you go under, you might entertain the nurses with some bizarre chit-chat you’ll be ...

Decision fatigue refers to a decline in the quality of decisions after making several consecutive choices with sustained demands on cognitive and self-regulatory processes that reduce the ability to ...

This video explores the effects of sugar on brain function, highlighting side effects and the impact on overall health. It features an entertaining animation style from the new show, Human Buddy, and ...

Scientists placed 200,000 living human brain cells on a microchip and taught it how to play a doomsday video game — and are now using the dystopian tech to power AI data centers. Australian biotech ...

Well, for one thing, one study showed that if you take ballroom dance classes and continue for a year, parts of the brain that are important for coordination and planning increase and the size of the ...

This article was featured in New York’s One Great Story newsletter. Sign up here. A former CEO with a high eight-figure net worth spent a recent morning searching online for cheap flights. He drives a ...

“Exercise your brain,” experts advise people hoping to stave off dementia. But how? Stretching your brain might be the better description. Do a crossword puzzle a day and you may just get good at ...