Our lives are greatly attached to our thoughts. In many cases, our experiences, reactions and choices may not be determined by what is happening exteriorly but what we tell ourselves. Luckily, ...

Over the past few decades, researchers and practitioners have studied that how activities such as dance, martial arts and team sports influence cognitive performance, boost good mood and promote ...

Burnout has become the baseline for far too many of us — quietly creeping in through sleepless nights, missed deadlines, and the phantom guilt of unopened emails. It doesn’t always announce itself ...

The spark of creativity, that seemingly mysterious capacity to generate novel and valuable ideas, has intrigued humanity for centuries. Once attributed primarily to divine inspiration or innate genius ...

Long-term cycling programs appear to reshape brain signals in Parkinson’s patients Deep brain stimulation recordings reveal neural changes after 12 sessions Findings suggest dynamic exercise may ...

Eating disorders are complicated illnesses that are often misunderstood. Dr. Eva Trujillo, a specialist in eating disorders, says eating disorders "literally rewire the brain," decrease brain size and ...

One of the most exciting and clinically relevant areas of neuropsychiatric research involves "neuroplasticity." What is neuroplasticity? Neuroplasticity refers to the processes by which the brain ...

Researchers have shown in mice that brain cells known as astrocytes are required for a signaling chemical called norepinephrine to modify brain activity, changing the textbook understanding that ...

A single dose of the psychedelic compound psilocybin could be enough to remodel connections of specific brain networks, which may explain how the drug helps to treat some mental health conditions.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have upended decades-old dogma of how connections between brain cells are rearranged during states of heightened vigilance or ...