At what age does an adolescent start thinking as an adult? A new study published this week in Nature Communications presents some of the first definitive evidence that executive function - a set of ...

Executive function—top-down processes by which the human mind controls behavior, regulating thoughts and actions—have long been studied using a standard set of tools, with these assessments being ...

Researchers are looking for people to participate in studies involving either fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) or TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) combined with fMRI. Studies take ...

Healthy study volunteers whose red blood cells contained higher concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids were found to have better brain structure and cognitive function in middle age. Eating cold-water ...