A 17-year neuroimaging study of persons diagnosed with depression as children found differences in white matter in the dorsal cingulum bundle region of the brain compared to persons without depression of similar age. The emergence of these differences was first detected in adolescence. The study was published in Depression and Anxiety.

Yes, “try-harding” in Mortal Kombat or Call of Duty will improve your mental functions and values in life. Even if you do not play video games, this post will show you how impactful video games, but even more specifically, competitive video games are to your well-being.

Individuals with long COVID, sometimes referred to as “long-haulers,” experience symptoms that may persist for weeks, months, or even years after their acute viral infection. While symptoms vary widely, a common complaint among patients is “brain fog”—a colloquial term for significant, persistent cognitive deficits, with consistent impairment of executive functioning and working memory.

A new study published in the journal PLoS ONE has reported on the first human tests of an experimental therapy using sound and light to treat Alzheimer's disease (AD). The initial findings are promising.

A study in Thailand using electroencephalography (EEG) and cognitive tests showed that working memory improved after drinking a caffeinated drink in the morning. Additionally, EEG recordings showed a reduction of alpha wave activity, a type of brain activity often associated with drowsiness, after drinking the caffeinated drink compared to the activity level before. The study was published in Physiology & Behavior.

During a show and tell, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk showed off what his brain computer interface (BCI) startup Neuralink has been working on.

Preliminary results offer hope that gene therapy can protect people with a version of the brain disease driven by a particular gene variant.

Brain fog, which includes impaired attention, concentration, memory and processing speed, can be debilitating.

Are you destined to become a 'SuperAger," with a memory as sharp in your 80s as it was in your 50s? Here's what science knows about those who keep their ability to remember as they age.

A new bit of research has discovered several puzzling changes in the brains of individuals that suffer from migraines

A Phase 3 trial for Northwest Biotherapeutics’s DCVax-L vaccine extended survival in patients with gliobastoma for many months, or in some cases, years: according to new data.

In one of the first studies of its kind, several people with motor disabilities were able to operate a wheelchair

Researchers in China investigated the consequences of smartphone addiction on creativity. Using brain imaging technology, they measured cortical responses to creative tasks. The results indicate that smartphone addiction negatively influences the brain’s creative capacity. Specifically, the brain’s prefrontal cortex and temporal areas were not as active when asked to think creatively. This was in contrast to participants who did not have a smartphone addiction.

There’s a reason eating your grandmother’s chicken soup or dabbing your temples with essential oil of peppermint might make you feel better if you’re sick, and it’s probably not because they're truly curative. Your relief is likely the result of the placebo effect.

The team at Monash University claims that they have built a system through which people who suffer blindness in any form would be able to see again. According to them, this is the world's first...

A popular anti-aging vitamin may lead to an increased risk of brain cancer, according to a new MU study.

A study on a large sample of patients found chronic, long-lasting depression to be associated with reduced brain volume. The reduced volume was found in brain regions relevant for planning one’s behavior, focusing attention, thinking, learning and remembering and also in regions relevant for regulating emotions. The study was published in Neurobiology and Treatment of Depression.

A new study in Brain and Behavior has unraveled the relationship between migraines, bipolar disorder, and patient outcomes. Nicole Sekula and colleagues conducted an 11-year longitudinal study demonstrating that those with bipolar disorder and migraines experienced worse symptoms of depression, mania, and a diminished quality of life on average. In addition, if those individuals were also prescribed lithium, their symptoms of mania were worse than those with migraines not taking lithium.

A brain decoder can extract words and sentences from the brain recordings of people listening to stories or watching silent films

We don’t know if video games cause the improvements.