(CNN) — What if you could assess your risk of developing dementia or having a stroke as you age without medical procedures? A new tool named the Brain Care Score, or BCS, may help you do just that ...

Eddie Nash, a UCLA sophomore, peered at his audience and then read the next question on the big digital screen. “Which U.S. festival hosted over 350,000 music fans in 1969?” he asked. Eight attentive ...

Neurosurgeon and Engineer Dr. Ben Rapoport, co-founder of Precision Neuroscience, joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the emerging technology of brain implants and ...

What Is Deep Brain Stimulation? The procedure involves implanting electrodes within areas of the brain for people with movement conditions. "The electrodes produce electrical impulses that affect ...

Whether or not we grow new brain cells as adults has been the subject of an ongoing and often contentious debate. Now, evidence suggests that we can. This could help answer one of neuroscience’s most ...

New research finds you’re more likely to zone out when you’re tired. Scientists tracked exactly what happens in the brain during these attention lapses. The finding suggest this is a way for the brain ...

MORE STUDIES ARE NEEDED. WE ALL KNOW THE FEELING OF MENTAL EXHAUSTION WILL. NOW, RESEARCHERS MAY KNOW WHAT CAUSES THE BRAIN TO FEEL TIRED. JOHNS HOPKINS TEAMS GAVE 28 PARTICIPANTS ARE ASKED TO ...

It's not brain surgery! Well, actually, it is! Neurosurgeon Brian Kopell answers the internet's burning questions about brain surgery. What's harder, rocket science or brain surgery? Do you have to be ...

There’s something oddly satisfying about solving a brain teaser. Whether it’s cracking a tricky riddle, unraveling a word puzzle, or figuring out a logic problem that makes you go, “Ohhh, I get it now ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." New research finds you’re more likely to zone out when you’re tired. Scientists tracked exactly what ...