"Orgasmic meditation" produces a distinct pattern of brain activity, researchers report. The practice alters activity in the frontal lobe and temporal lobe, an area of the brain associated with emotional processing.
A new study links better math skills in children with cardiorespiratory fitness and associated gray matter thinning.
Researchers identify a role for the enzyme PRDM2 in alcoholism.
Multiple sclerosis patients who received N-acetylcysteine treatments had improvements in metabolism in brain areas associated with cognition and attention.
A new study reports people who speak more than one language have more gray matter in the areas of the brain associated with executive control.
Aging bilingual brains are more efficient and economical with their resources, a new study reports.
Infants who carry a gene associated with an increased rick for Alzheimer's disease have differences in brain development compared to those who do not carry the gene, a new study reports.
Deep brain stimulation to the frontal lobe may help to improve cognitive, behavioral and functional difficulties in those with Alzheimer's disease, a new study reports.
Researchers report on the combined structural, functional and anatomical changes that occur in those born blind that are not present in the brains of people born with sight.
A neuroimaging study finds profound brain activity abnormalities in a group of retired NFL players.
Researchers identify brain areas associated with developing the ability to "put ourselves in other people's shoes".
According to a new study, women who abuse stimulant drugs have significantly less gray matter volume in brain areas vital for decision making and emotion.
