Your brain’s natural rinse cycle flows while you sleep. A new study suggests certain medications interfere with that ...

Read these 11 fun facts and you’ll know why: 1. The body has billions of nerve cells Every person’s body contains billions of nerve cells (neurons). There are about 100 billion in the brain ...

There, those reflected wavelengths are transformed into electrical signals to be interpreted by our brain. So we don’t really “see” colour, but reflected light, as interpreted in our brain.

The ancient Egyptians thought so little of brain matter they made a practice of scooping it out through the nose of a dead leader before packing the skull with cloth before burial. They believed ...

Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...

Only recurring headaches, early morning headaches, headaches associated with blurring of vision, nausea or vomiting may indicate tumors in the brain and need to be evaluated. Myth No. 2.

1. Handwriting increases neural activity in certain sections of the brain, similar to meditation. According to a study performed at the Indiana University, the mere action of writing by hand ...