Researchers analyzed 193 patients from the Vietnam Head Injury Study with penetrating traumatic brain injury to determine if the location of shrapnel damage to their brains influenced risk of ...

The research, published in the journal iScience, offers a more nuanced view than earlier findings, which suggested that ...

A lot more research will be needed to show this can actually have a therapeutic effect on dementia, but scientists have ...

A study has uncovered new insights into how the brain processes and integrates pain information. The research goes beyond identifying brain areas that respond to pain, revealing the mechanisms behind ...

A study has uncovered new insights into how the brain processes and integrates pain information. The research goes beyond ...

For the first time, scientists have observed the brain throughout the pregnancy timeline, from pre-conception to postpartum.

A groundbreaking new study has reignited the debate over whether political ideology is linked to brain structure.

Neuroscientists at the University of Barcelona set about on a search for brain areas involved in chess-related tasks so that ...

I’m Jennifer Lee, events director here at Washington Post Live. As people age, the brain naturally changes. Cognitive decline and memory loss come into greater focus. Remembering names and ...

As hormones surge, some brain areas shrink in what scientists say may be a fine-tuning that helps mothers bond with and care for their babies. By Pam Belluck Pam Belluck covers brain health ...

University of Oklahoma researchers have recently published a study showing that several measurements of the brain, including ...