A landmark study suggests that this daily habit may reshape how your mind activates.

A 20-year follow-up of the ACTIVE study found that older adults who did speed-based cognitive training, especially with later ...

Brain fog is a term people use to describe a group of cognitive symptoms, including trouble concentrating, slower thinking, forgetfulness, and feeling mentally worn out. People experiencing brain fog ...

What is cognitive reserve and how does it allow the brain to continue functioning even in the face of age-related changes? A ...

Scientists found our brain may organize behavior by activity patterns rather than fixed regions, reshaping how brain control ...

We've all been there. Moments after leaving a party, your brain is suddenly filled with intrusive thoughts about what others were thinking. "Did they think I talked too much?" "Did my joke offend them ...

A surprising new brain study suggests that remembering life events and recalling facts may rely on the same neural machinery.

Psychology explains why overthinking gets worse at night and how unresolved emotions, stress hormones, and emotional processing trigger racing thoughts before sleep. TheHealthSite.com ...

Most people don’t think about the fact that their thoughts are chemical, and even less so about how to use their thoughts to manage their brain chemistry. Your brain chemistry is your mental health.

Parkinson's disease does more than cause tremor and trouble walking. It can also affect sleep, smell, digestion and even thinking. That may be because the disease disrupts communication in a brain ...

Right-brain vs. left-brain thinking is often discussed in psychology. Everybody uses both thinking types to some degree, but nearly everyone tends to have one or the other as a primary thinking style.