Your brain is currently expending about a fifth of your body's energy, and almost none of that is being used for what you're doing right now. Reading these words, feeling the weight of your body in a ...

How does your brain work? Brain imaging, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and similar advanced techniques have given neuroscientists huge insights into this question. Yet studying the brain doesn’t ...

The brain works like a muscle. Thinking, learning, and practicing a skill literally causes structural adaptations in our brains. For instance, scientists examining musicians’ and non-musicians’ brains ...

How do we hear, and how does hearing affect how we play music? These questions are central to the work of Nikolas Alejandro Francis, 44, an assistant professor in the University of Maryland’s Biology ...

Basic knowledge about the brain can yield greater understanding and compassion about mental health issues. Considering the ...

Your brain is busy all day – planning, worrying, imagining, replaying conversations, solving problems. But when you’re not focusing on something specific, it still has a “go-to” mode it tends to ...

Alcohol is one of the most consumed substances worldwide, often associated with relaxation and socialising. But beyond the "buzz," its effects on the brain are far more complex and significant. From ...

If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat. Over time, it grows stronger. Of course, muscles only grow when the challenge increases ...

Your phone buzzes, and you check it—just for a second—and suddenly you’ve forgotten what you were doing. This happens to us all. Every time we swipe, scroll, or switch apps, our brains are making ...

It shouldn’t have been difficult: 72 x 72. From the back seat, my daughter, newly confident in mental maths, wanted to check her answer. Whether it was because it was the end of the day, I was trying ...