The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is encouraging people of all ages to make healthy aging: “Healthy aging is a resolution everyone should make and keep, because the benefits last far beyond the ...

Because the silence that followed when I got home later that night felt like relief. Growing up, my house was rarely quiet.

Scientists have spent decades trying to understand exactly how Alzheimer’s begins and why it gets worse over time. A major feature of the disease is the buildup of sticky protein clumps in the brain ...

For World Sleep Day we’re investigating how nightmares may be your body’s way of alerting you to a serious health problem. Neurologists explain.

On Thursday, March 12, Smith College President Sarah Willie-LeBreton welcomed to campus Dr. Frances Jensen ’78—renowned ...

Those bizarre sea creatures that light up like carnival rides are actually ctenophores, which have an ancient brainlike structure.

A comprehensive new study suggests that females require a much larger biological and cognitive shift to develop autism than males do. The findings help explain why the condition is diagnosed ...

Scientists want to redesign psychedelics so that they don’t induce a trip—but they still improve mental health.

Autism is a developmental condition that affects how people communicate, learn, and interact with others. It usually appears ...

ADHD often looks like “not trying," but the science tells a different story. Here’s what parents should know about the ADHD ...

Can our homes help detect brain changes? New research shows how digital sensing reveals subtle shifts in movement and cognition in everyday life, and can track disease progression.