NBC News has followed the 18-year-old and his family’s yearlong struggle to return to the U.S. so his younger sister can restart her treatment.

The idea that people are either “left-brained” and analytical or “right-brained” and creative has become deeply embedded in popular culture. Yet decades of neuroscience research show that this simple ...

A certain type of brain training appears to prevent or delay dementia by some 25% in people older than age 65, according to ...

A 20-year study found speed-based brain training reduced dementia risk by 25% in over-65s, when they played for a certain amount of time.

A participant receiving non-invasive brain stimulation during an experiment in a laboratory setting. Credit: Nicolas Zonvi (CC-BY 4.0) Scientists found that synchronizing activity between two brain ...

Brain stimulation can get people to behave less selfishly, according to a new study. Stimulating two areas of the brain - "nudging" them to collectively fire in the same way - increased a person’s ...

We are, as a species, especially fond of caffeine. Tea is the second-most commonly consumed beverage globally, after water, and most adults in the United States begin their day with coffee. And ...

I don’t know about you, but when I'm at dinner with someone, and they ask to split the check, I feel relieved. I know that I can order what I want because I am the one paying for it. I do not want to ...

Isaiah Kletenik receives funding from the NIH. Nothing to disclose. Christopher M. Filley does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...

Scroll through Instagram and the same pattern emerges every time. A handful of accounts have millions of followers. Everyone else is shouting into the void. Many chalk this up to algorithms or ...

The idea that the human brain is divided into a logical left half and a creative right half has become one of the most enduring metaphors in psychology and popular culture. While this simplification ...