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Recent preclinical advances expose how the gut microbiome impacts the maintenance of brain health through the ...

Arianna Huffington breaks down the impact of daily behaviors on brain health.

Scientists have uncovered a surprisingly large reserve of “silent synapses” in the adult brain—unused neural connections that can be rapidly activated to store new memories.

Humans are social beings, and it shouldn’t be surprising that there are specific groups of nerve cells in the brain that are directly influenced by social experiences. One important mechanism ...

A large-scale study of 5216 brains has found differences in the brains of men and women that might be linked to social and other abilities. Stuart Ritchie and coworkers reported in the 2018 journal ...

Science-backed strategies The brain does not simply deteriorate with age. Research over the past decade has shifted how ...

A new study shows that music changes brain activity during eye contact, helping people feel more connected and socially ...

The human brain has four distinct turning points where its structure changes, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications, demonstrating that brain development is not as linear ...