You can do everything “right” and still stare at the ceiling at 2:17 a.m. When your brain keeps scanning for problems, bedtime stops feeling like recovery and starts feeling like a test you’re failing ...

Indulgences can throw off your brain's master clock. A Rutgers Health expert explains how to get back on track.The holiday season brings joy ...

Dopamine in the brain influences movement, learning, motivation and sleep. In humans, problems with dopamine are linked to ...

In a proof-of-concept study funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have shown that an ...

Imagine the Grinch as a porch pirate, stealing to feed a drug habit. After he’s shunned by fellow thieves, he has a change of ...

Information pervades the universe, yet means nothing. Meaning emerged when matter organized into systems that could ...

Between 2021 and 2023, the number of homeless infants and toddlers increased in 48 states and the District of Columbia. Experts worry that official statistics have not captured the true number.

In the first study of its kind, neuroscientists have shown the real-world benefits that sunlight gives the brain, beyond ...

Brain health is built daily. Science, lifestyle, and nutrition can shape focus, memory, and resilience at every age.

Optogenetics has long been a powerful experimental tool, but a growing body of research suggests it may now be approaching a ...

A new randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled clinical trial reports that a non-invasive, home-based light therapy produced measurable improvements in objective cognitive performance in adults under ...

BrightFocus Alzheimer’s Disease Research grant recipient María Llorens-Martín is investigating why the brain stops making new ...