If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat. Over time, it ...

About 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease and the risk increases as people grow older. We show you what women can do to save their brain and lower their Alzheimer's risk. Every 68 seconds, ...

In the epic Mahabharata, while Arjuna is notable as a great archer, he is more importantly a metaphor of concentration, restraint, and intranguled supremacy. His strength didn't stem just from ...

A new study of brain activity patterns in people doing a memory task finds that the way we make inferences changes dramatically as we age. Members of Alison Preston’s research group study fMRI brain ...

How can you protect your brain as you age? Science is now saying it has a lot to do with what you eat and drink. Cognitive decline is something that can be a byproduct of aging, but does it have to be ...

The clip features one of my grandchildren talking about her pre-frontal cortex and amygdala (she should have said amygdalas, because you have two). These are what I would call parts of the maternal ...

What is the nature of human uniqueness? In a three-part series originally brodcast on PBS in January 2010, Alan Alda takes this question personally, visiting with dozens of scientists on three ...