Every few weeks a movie lands with the line “based on true events.” Sometimes that means the script hugs the record; sometimes it means the filmmakers borrowed a headline and ran. If you’ve ever ...

Can the shape of your brain predict dementia before any symptoms appear? Groundbreaking research shows that as we age, our brains don’t just shrink — they change shape in specific, measurable ways.

Major clinical studies are not a case of enrolling a patient one day and announcing a cure the next. They involve incremental advances over a period of years, hopefully leading to an inflexion point ...

Have you ever gotten a flash of a different route you could have taken while stuck in traffic? This isn't just a fleeting thought, but rather a fundamental neurological process, according to findings ...

Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a promising non-invasive neuroimaging technique that works by detecting changes in blood oxygenation linked to neural activity using near-infrared ...

For instance, people with more fat in their arms and torso showed thinning in the sensorimotor cortex, a brain region tied to movement. The researchers found that higher levels of arm fat reduced the ...

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A University of New Mexico scientist is revealing what might be one of the most overlooked causes of dementia — damage in the brain’s tiny blood vessels. Dr. Elaine Bearer has created a new way to ...

“The gap between brain age and chronological age widened by about six months for every 1-point decrease in healthy sleep score,” explained lead researcher Abigail Dove, from Karolinska Institutet’s ...

Scientists have discovered that the specific way an aging brain changes shape, such as its overall structure shifting and regions pulling apart, can serve as an early warning sign for dementia.

Even though there are more nuances to the data on dementia’s prevalence, this doesn’t minimize the desire that people have to keep their brains healthy and sharp. Puzzles abound on hundreds of ...