Arousal fluctuates continuously during wakefulness, yet how these moment-to-moment variations shape large-scale functional connectivity (FC) remains unclear. Here, we combined 7T fMRI with concurrent ...

Picture this: You're signing a credit card receipt at the bank, using one of those pens attached to a short chain. As a left-handed person, you awkwardly ...

Researchers have identified a distinct and reproducible gene expression program associated with neurotransmission in the ...

For decades, scientists have mapped attention, memory, language, and reasoning to separate brain networks — yet one big mystery remained: why does the mind feel like a single, unified system?

China has approved a brain implant for people with severe paralysis to help restore their hand movements. The brain–computer interface (BCI) is the first in the world to be available for wider use ...

Somewhere, deep down, I know my level-eight reaction is a mismatch to the level-three problem: I’ve fallen behind on emails, and now I seem like a total flake. My inner voice chides me, “You’re an ...

People who have razor-sharp minds in their 80s and 90s — known as “SuperAgers” — produce twice the number of young neurons as cognitively healthy adults and 2.5 times as many as people with ...

Persons under stress may have a harder time spatially orienting themselves. Researchers in Bochum have discovered why. The stress hormone cortisol disrupts the brain's navigational system. It impairs ...

According to the data considered by its authors—a team from the University of Sussex (UK) and Lund University ...

Cerebrovascular diseases manifest as disruptive and deteriorating conditions, gravely impacting cognitive functions by altering the neurophysiological ...

Taken together, these studies (and many more like them) add up to powerful evidence that drinking coffee can help you lead a longer, healthier life. But one question remained: Exactly how much should ...