A new study estimates that childhood lead exposure, peaking between 1960 and 1990 due to leaded gasoline, caused 151 million ...

Researchers analyzing 1 million Akkadian words from ancient Mesopotamian texts revealed unique insights into how emotions ...

New research shows that skeletal muscle loss, measured through temporalis muscle size on brain MRIs, is associated with a ...

A new study challenges the notion of the musicians' "sophomore slump," finding it exists only in professional critics' ...

Human number cognition may be rooted in the putamen, a deep brain structure traditionally associated with movement rather ...

A new study highlights how brain age models can track healthy infant development and reveal environmental influences.

Summary: Researchers identified a brain circuit involving the amygdala and hippocampus that predicts resilience to stress in mice. Mice with disrupted neural communication in this circuit struggled to ...

Summary: New research reveals the heart has its own complex nervous system, or “mini-brain,” capable of regulating the heartbeat independently of the brain. Conducted on zebrafish, the study ...

A survey of experts in aging research reveals significant disagreements on fundamental questions, such as "What is aging?" ...