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Using a comprehensive hearing intervention designed, tested, and implemented by researchers, the multi-site ACHIEVE study examined the efficacy of hearing aids for reducing long-term cognitive decline in older adults.

Spelunking the depths of unconsciousness may have gotten a notch easier, as researchers from MIT unveil a pioneering study on how general anesthetics affect our brain waves.

A new study has investigated the cultural and individual factors that influence sleep.

A new study shows that targeted electrical stimulation in patients with traumatic brain injury led to an average 19% boost in recalling words.

Researchers have found rare variants of genes known to be strongly associated with autism in 1% of individuals from the general population.

A protein that controls the balance between creating new mitochondria and repairing damaged ones has been shown to promote healthier cellular aging.

Researchers believe diversity in the brain’s circuitry could provide a window to treating neurological disorders like epilepsy.

Until very recently, it was not possible to determine with certainty if a patient had Lewy bodies in the brain until after their death. But now, with a spinal fluid test, it is possible to see if the person has the misfolded protein.

A “clear and significant” language barrier cost faced by non-native English-speaking scientists has been quantified by a University of Queensland-led international survey.

In a recent analysis “weekend warrior” pattern was associated with similarly lower risks of heart disease and stroke compared with more evenly distributed exercise.