A new study suggests that aspartame consumption may be linked to decreased heart and brain function. The artificial sweetener ...

A stressful year leads to anxiety. Lasting isolation gives way to depression. An old trauma nags until it becomes paralyzing.

In the first long-term and real-world reflective study of its kind, scientists have uncovered new detrimental health impacts of the artificial sweetener aspartame that echoes those found in shorter ...

Language is more strongly controlled by the left half of the brain, while other functions are more strongly controlled by the ...

Sleep deprivation effects harm brain health, impairing memory, attention, and emotion. Chronic loss risks neurodegeneration ...

Research reveals why some people become brain super-agers—and how simple daily habits can help keep your brain strong, sharp, ...

Brain-training games sell themselves as a way to maintain cognitive function, but the evidence isn't there yet. Eva-Katalin/E+ via Getty Images Some 2.3 million of U.S. adults over 65 – more than 4% – ...

Healthy aging induces parallel changes in brain functional activity and structural morphology, yet the interplay between ...

Research has found that non-invasively applying a mild electrical current to the brain twice a day for six weeks improved cognitive functioning and plasticity, the ability of the brain to ‘rewire’ ...

A new study identifies molecular factors that promote small vessel disease—and an active drug that can restore impaired ...

Improvising music could help to improve older people's cognitive skills, such as learning and memory, according to research ...

A lot of brain development happens early in life, but researchers don't have a strong understanding of how a baby's brain ...