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Those mesmerizing blue and orange hues in the sky at the start and end of a sunny day might have an essential role in setting humans’ internal clocks. A novel LED light that emits alternating wavelengths of orange and blue outpaced two other light devi…

Using piezoelectricity, an engineering team developed wearable sensors to examine eye movement to assess brain disorders or damage to the brain.

Researchers follow the dramatic changes that occur in the brain throughout the course of pregnancy.

Contrary to common perceptions and years of research that autistic people can’t describe their emotions or often have muted emotional responses, a new study concludes that many autistic adults are in fact acutely aware of their feelings and can label t…

When surgeons perform brain surgery on people with brain tumors or epilepsy, they need to remove the tumor or abnormal tissue while preserving parts of the brain that control language and movement. A new study may better inform doctors’ decisions about…

Each additional day of exposure to wildfire smoke and other extreme forms of dirty air boosts risk of mental illness in youth a little more, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study of 10,000 9 to 11 year olds.

A technology which uses harmless light waves to measure activity in babies’ brains has provided the most complete picture to date of brain functions like hearing, vision and cognitive processing outside a conventional, restrictive brain scanner.

Scientists zeroed in on brain circuitry powering the desire of spiny mice to live in large groups, opening the door to a new model for the study of complex social behaviors in mammals.

Researchers have for the first time identified degeneration-associated ‘molecular markers’ — observable changes in cells and their gene-regulating networks — that are shared by several forms of dementia that affect different regions of the brain. Cri…

A study found that new monoclonal antibody drugs for Alzheimer’s may slow cognitive impairment through boosting levels of a specific protein in the brain.