Physical fitness, physical activity and screen time are associated with brain mechanisms underlying mental health and learning, according to two recent studies from the University of Eastern Finland ...
To stay in balance, the brain depends on two types of neurons: Excitatory neurons (in white), which increase activity, and inhibitory neurons (in black), which damp down signals. Scientists have now ...
Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child's brain develops, with effects that last well beyond childhood. But families ...
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin used brain imaging and AI to discover that two-month-old babies are showing cognitive abilities much earlier than expected ...
A needle-thin, flexible brain implant is giving researchers a new way to interact with multiple brain regions simultaneously.