Many of us with throw modesty out the window when it comes to Christmas lunch. But what do these blow-out festive meals do to ...

ADHD medications work like sleep, not attention boosters, massive brain study reveals. For some kids, focus problems may be ...

ADHD stimulants may improve performance not by sharpening focus, but by making the brain more awake and motivated.

Prescription stimulants, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are widely used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ...

A new study in rats provides evidence that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) have opposing effects on brain function—and that combining the two produces more muted changes than THC ...

Coffee can help you stay awake. But what does caffeine actually do to your brain once you're asleep? Using AI, a team of researchers has an answer: it affects the brain's 'criticality'. Caffeine is ...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Materials Science and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology While much of the physical brain damage occurs instantly – called the primary stage of injury – ...

An image allegedly showing the effects of alcohol on the brain is circulating on social media. The image features two brains — one labeled "drinker's brain" and the other a "nondrinker's brain." While ...

TBI triggers both primary mechanical damage and delayed secondary injuries like inflammation and neurodegeneration. Cognitive effects may include memory loss, mood swings, and impaired social judgment ...

By tracking brain activity, the team found that the “loser effect” relied on a specific group of interneurons in the dorsomedial striatum (DMS), a component of the basal ganglia. These cholinergic ...

As a parent, a spouse, and someone who works full time at my job and pretty much full time at keeping a household running, I often feel like I have 20 tabs open in my brain at once. There are always ...