Even when so much is happening in the world, it’s important to take care of your brain health. Our Well desk shares tips.

Last spring, Marsha Friesen lay in an MRI tube racking her brain. She might as well have been doing memory dropsets. The former high school English teacher had driven 45 minutes from her home to ...

Experts say the more we challenge our brains as we age, the more resilient it becomes—and “learning a new instrument is a full-brain workout.” After the age of 40, the average brain decreases 5 ...

Large studies encompassing thousands of people have since shown that following the MIND diet corresponds with better ...

The first few hours after waking up helps build momentum for the rest of the day, offering a sense of purpose and structure ...

Five simple habits could help keep your brain "younger", new research has suggested. The study found that following these ...

Your brain ventricles are four fluid-filled chambers that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps nourish your brain and protect it from injury. It would be easy to argue that your brain is the ...

Your brain is constantly evolving. Throughout your life, it reshapes, adjusts, and grows stronger in response to learning, new experiences, and your habits. This amazing shape-shifting ability is ...

Our brain function is far from static throughout our lives. We already know that our capacity to learn, and our risk of cognitive decline, varies from when we are a newborn through to our 90s. Now, ...

The human brain has 86 billion neurons connected by roughly 100 trillion synapses, making it one of the most complex objects in the known universe. Each year neuroscientists make fascinating, ...