“The results showed that individuals who were physically active performed better in these cognitive tests, demonstrating ...

UC Santa Cruz research innovations and academic programs advance brain and mental health.

During the early thirties, the brain’s wiring pattern moves into what the researchers describe as the adult mode. This adult period is the longest, lasting more than 30 years. A subsequent turning ...

The human brain is a marvel of nature, a labyrinth of neurons and synapses that dictates every aspect of our behavior, ...

A new way of mapping activity and connections between different regions of the brain has revealed fresh insights into how higher order functions like language, thought and attention, are organized. A ...

Fasting has long been sold as a shortcut to weight loss, but a growing body of research suggests the real action may be ...

New research suggests the human brain has five distinct ages, and it may not reach adulthood until a person's early 30s.

Diesel exhaust particles can disturb the function of human brain immune cells, known as microglia, according to a recent study led by the University of Eastern Finland. The findings, published in ...

Neuromorphic computing, inspired by the brain, integrates memory and processing to drastically reduce power consumption compared to traditional CPUs and GPUs, making AI at the network edge more ...