Billy Joel Plays 1st Show Since Brain Disorder Diagnosis
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Elon Musk announces Neuralink brain implants will enter "high-volume" production by 2026, helping paralyzed patients control devices with thought.
Lots of studies have shown that getting a good night’s rest (seven to eight hours) is associated with better memory and other cognitive abilities. That’s because sleep, especially REM sleep, is when your brain transfers short-term memories — things you learned or experienced during the day — into long-term storage.
Evangeline Lilly, who is best known for starring in the hit ABC show “Lost” and as Hope van Dyne / Wasp in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, said in a social media post that she has brain damage after suffering a concussion last year when she fell into a boulder.
New research links inflammation to mental health symptoms. Personalized care using brain and immune data could improve symptoms when standard treatments don’t work.
The best brain breaks aren’t random or mere time-fillers—they’re purposeful pauses that help students regulate, reconnect, and reset.
The discovery could pave the way for new treatments, improved risk prediction, and earlier intervention for brain metastases.
A sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain disorder.
But boosting our brains does not end there, millions of us are downloading brain training apps to improve our processing speed, memory and to try to protect the 86 billion neurons we have stored in our heads - and as a way, we are told, of staying mentally resilient in the age of artificial intelligence.