Tau proteins play an important role in our normal brain function, mainly by helping to stabilize neurons in the brain. But in Alzheimer’s disease, tau proteins can misfold and tangle inside neurons.

People with aphantasia have no mental imagery—and they’re offering brain scientists a window into consciousness ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Rachael Seidler receives funding from NASA. Tianyi Wang received funding from NASA. The extent of these changes was greater for those who spent longer in space. As NASA plans longer space missions, ...

The human brain is complex. Artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning and medical imaging data are accelerating breakthroughs in brain health, especially in medical diagnostics. A peer-reviewed ...

Study: Mapping brain growth and sex differences across prenatal to postnatal development. Image credit: Mapping brain growth and sex differences across prenatal to ...

The cerebellum, often called the little brain, plays a much bigger role in language processing than once believed. Located at the base of the brain, the cerebellum has long been thought to be mainly ...

Gamers might soon be able to scan their brains using specialized commercial headphones to get midmatch snapshots of mental performance. David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and gaming ...

Once upon a time, science worked on the assumption that there was such a thing as a “normal” brain that neatly conformed to society. Those who were different might be diagnosed with an illness or ...

Actress/author Evangeline Lilly, famous for playing Kate Austen in “Lost” and Hope van Dyne/The Wasp in Marvel’s Ant-Man films, recently shared information about the results of brain scans after a ...