
Alzheimer’s Drug Donanemab Helps Most When Taken Early in Disease
An Alzheimer’s drug that attacks the protein amyloid does not work as well in people with more advanced disease

Alzheimer’s Drug Donanemab Helps Most When Taken Early in Disease
An Alzheimer’s drug that attacks the protein amyloid does not work as well in people with more advanced disease

How Dangerous Are Soccer Concussions? They May Cause Lasting Damage
As the 2023 Women’s World Cup kicks off, repeated concussions and head injuries in the sport raise discussion about the lifelong consequences on the brain


How Culture Affects the ‘Marshmallow Test’
A classic test of self-control can carry complex cultural biases

What That Jazz Beat Tells Us about Hearing and The Brain
Very small delays in swing jazz point to our evolution as a supremely auditory species.

How My Mother’s Dementia Showed Me Another Side of Neurodiversity
My mother taught me to love words. Her dementia taught me to listen more closely

How the Brain Creates Your Physical Sense of Self
New insight comes from zapping a region, known as the anterior precuneus, that causes people to feel dissociated from their body

Do We Actually ‘Hear’ Silence?
An experiment tests whether our ears hear silent intervals in the same way they hear music or noise

School’s Out. Should You Worry about the ‘Summer Slide’?
Kids don’t typically advance academically during the summer, but the research isn’t clear on whether they forget what they’ve already learned

How Smart Were Dinosaurs? New Studies Fuel the Debate
Discussions of dinosaur brainpower spark larger questions around the nature of intelligence

How Susceptible Are You to Misinformation? There’s a Test You Can Take
A new misinformation quiz shows that, despite the stereotype, younger Americans have a harder time discerning fake headlines, compared with older generations

What to Do When You Can’t Fall Asleep May Surprise You
When sleep feels elusive, getting out of bed can calm your mind and help you avoid bad sleep habits

What Happens in the Vagus Does Not Stay in the Vagus
The vagus nerve is the key information expressway between the brain and most internal organs. So what happens in the vagus nerve can impact the entire body