You're going about your day when, all of a sudden, you feel a strange, hard-to-describe sensation in your head-like an electrical bolt that seems to come out of nowhere. If you've never experienced it ...

One moment you’re fine, and then suddenly your brain gets a sudden “electric shock”. For someone who’s never experienced it ...

Memory lapses are a common and normal part of aging due to changes in the brain's structure and function. The effectiveness of over-the-counter brain supplements is difficult to determine due to a ...

Brain zaps are one of many symptoms you may have if you stop taking an antidepressant medication. They can feel like electrical flashes in your brain. You also might get one if you take your medicine ...

Lab-grown “reductionist replicas” of the human brain are helping scientists understand fetal development and cognitive disorders, including autism. But ethical questions loom. Brain organoids, which ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David DiSalvo writes about science, tech and culture. How many times have we heard the argument repeated, that women and men are ...

Anyone who has tried to entertain a baby knows sitting in stillness and silence is probably not the best way to keep them engaged, which presents a challenge for neuroscientists who want to study the ...

Our brains are increasingly plastic. Minuscule shards and flakes of polymers are surprisingly abundant in brain tissue, a study of postmortem brains shows. This appraisal of microplastics and ...

All that time you spend online can harm your cognitive health and make it harder to pay attention, concentrate, and learn, experts say. “Brain rot” has been named Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year. Brain ...

Anyone who has a dog has spent some time wondering what’s going on in their canine friend’s head — if not thinking they already know for sure. Harvard’s Canine Brains Project is trying to, ...

What are brain-computer interfaces? Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are devices that allow for the action or control of an external device from brain signals. These technologies have a broad range of ...

I wrote a column on dementia recently and received a huge response. Many of the emails asked about brain supplements, the ones you see advertised on TV. Are brain supplements effective in preventing ...