The most obvious reason is that dancing is aerobic exercise, and that’s good for both physical and brain health, research ...

Lots of studies have shown that getting a good night’s rest (seven to eight hours) is associated with better memory and other ...

Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child's brain develops, with effects that last well beyond childhood. But families ...

To clinically measure electrical activity within the brain, healthcare professionals conduct an electroencephalogram (EEG). This requires setting up 20 electrodes around the head with conductive gels ...

What nurtures a child’s holistic development? How can we address the cognitive overload and parent-child disconnect of the ...

Young children's brains are not equipped to cope with too much stimulation and instead thrive on 'simplicity according to an ...

Lacey W. Heinsberg receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. Amery Treble-Barna receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. A newly discovered biological signal in the ...

Previous research has found that the human brain reaches maturity sometime in the 20s, but a new study suggests that it never stops developing. Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have ...

As we age, the human brain rewires itself. The process happens in distinct phases, or “epochs,” according to new research, as the structure of our neural networks changes and our brains reconfigure ...

A generation growing up with algorithmic feeds is not suffering “brain damage,” but their attention, emotions and habits are being shaped in powerful ways. For many families, the first smartphone or ...

What happens inside a child’s brain after thousands of hours in front of screens? A study of nearly 10,000 American kids offers some answers. Researchers tracking children from ages 9-10 through 11-12 ...

Listening to your favorite singers may do more than lift your mood -- it could also protect your brain. A study from Australian researchers found that older adults who regularly listened to music had ...