New Japanese research links higher vitamin C blood levels to better-preserved brain structure and stronger neural connections ...

An international research team led jointly by the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), the University of Göttingen and ...

Forget crowd sizes — a new study confirms that conservatives boast slightly larger amygdalas, the part of the brain that plays a key role in identifying and reacting to potential threats, compared ...

Previous research has found that the human brain reaches maturity sometime in the 20s, but a new study suggests that it never stops developing. Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have ...

Family finances and opportunities in a child’s neighborhood account for about 16% of the variability in kids’ brain function ...

A new study suggests that variables linked to socioeconomic status (SES) – such as increased stress and reduced sleep – have ...

The human brain is a marvel of complexity. It contains specialised and interconnected structures controlling our thoughts, personality and behaviour. The size and shape of our brains also play a ...

Carnegie Mellon University and University of California, San Francisco researchers found that childhood trauma, poverty, ...

A chance discovery at Nagoya University in Japan has shown that a well-known brain enzyme has a hidden ability: It builds a ...

The development of many psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, is known to be in great part influenced by genetics. Past research has identified various genes ...