CorTec today announced the second successful implantation of its Brain Interchange brain-computer interface (BCI) system. The procedure took place in an FDA-approved clinical trial involving stroke ...

The field of integrative physiology is increasingly uncovering the complex roles that stress, anxiety and fear memory play in ...

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Clear thinking, focus, creativity, and good judgment are built through challenge, when the brain is asked to stretch beyond routine rather than run on autopilot.

The Senior Connection Speakers Bureau will host “Neuroplasticity- how the brain repairs itself,” a free Community Service ...

Interest in brain health has moved from the margins of wellness culture into the mainstream. Once largely associated with ...

The latest issues of three American Psychiatric Association journals (The American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services, and Focus are now available online.

Lifelong plasticity is a core principle of neuroscience, yet it operates within real limits shaped by effort, stress and ...

Researchers have discovered that parts of the human brain age more slowly than previously thought—particularly in the region that processes touch. By using ultra-high-resolution brain scans, they ...

Psychedelics—frequently recognized as substances such as LSD, psilocybin, and DMT—not only alter perception, mood, and cognition, but they often cause hallucinations. That said, they have also been ...

Understanding exactly how psychedelics promote new connections in the brain is critical to developing targeted, non-hallucinogenic therapeutics that can treat neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric ...