Air pollution impacts childhood development, study shows
April 11, 2019
Children who live near major roads are at higher risk for developmental delays because of traffic-related pollutants.
Can short-term stress make the body and mind more resilient?
March 27, 2019
A new UCSF study is testing a theory about how much stress is good for us.
Dementia looks different in brains of Latinos
March 12, 2019
A first-of-its-kind study has uncovered dramatic racial differences in the brains of those with dementia.
Adolescents have a fundamental need to contribute
February 27, 2019
Teens get a bad rap as selfish, dangerous risk-takers, but neuroscience and psychology are revising that image.
Finding the elusive drinking ‘brake’
February 20, 2019
New research has uncovered a mechanism that helps us modulate our drinking — when it functions properly.
Sleep loss truly causes you pain
January 30, 2019
Going without sleep heightens pain sensitivity and dulls the brain’s painkilling response.
Study identifies a new way by which the human brain marks time
January 17, 2019
With a little help from HBO's “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” scientists learn more about how we process the flow of time.
Can artificial intelligence tell a polar bear from a can opener?
January 9, 2019
How closely do deep learning computer networks mimic the human brain? There's still a long way to go, psychologists find.
Artificial intelligence can detect Alzheimer’s disease in brain scans 6 years before a diagnosis
January 4, 2019
A machine-learning algorithm diagnosed early-stage Alzheimer’s disease using a common PET scan.
Graduate student’s steerable brain device wins big at inventors competition
January 3, 2019
Gopesh Tilvawala is developing a first-of-its-kind catheter to navigate tiny arteries in the brain.