Brain imaging is giving scientists a clearer picture of why attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder looks so different from one child to the next. New structural MRI work indicates that ADHD is not a ...

Jan. 21 -- WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- How adeptly you play a video game may indicate how big some parts of your brain are, the authors of a new study report. Researchers found that certain ...

Biologically speaking, there is no organ as vital or complex as the brain. And yet, the brain still remains somewhat a of a mystery—there’s a lot that even experts don’t know. Another troubling fact ...

Imagine walking into a doctor’s office at 45 and getting a single brain scan that tells you not just how old your brain is, but how quickly your entire body will age over the next decades. This isn’t ...

We’re racing towards a future in which devices will be able to read our thoughts. You see signs of it everywhere, from brain-computer interfaces to algorithms that detect emotions from facial scans.

People age at different rates, partly due to genetics but largely because of lifestyle. A person’s rate of aging can indicate how likely they are to develop age-related disorders, such as dementia.

Intermittent fasting has long been associated with weight loss, but new research suggests its effects go far beyond metabolism. Brain scans now show that fasting doesn't just influence how we eat, it ...

For years, stimulant medications for ADHD have been described as chemical accelerators, framed as drugs that rev up a sluggish brain. New imaging work turns that story on its head. Brain scans now ...