Researchers have found an odd statistic; people with speech and language disorders are about 3.5 times more likely to be teachers than patients with Alzheimer's dementia.  Speech and…

The brain may have its own way of easing social pain, according to a recent paper, and it involves the brain's natural painkiller system.  Combining brain scans with questionnaire results, they…

Normally muscles contract in order to support the body, but in a rare condition known as cataplexy the body's muscles "fall asleep" and become involuntarily paralyzed. Cataplexy is incapacitating…

Children who stutter have less grey matter in key regions of the brain responsible for speech production than children who do not stutter, according to brain scans of 28 children ranging from five to…

If you talk to social scientists, egoism and narcissism appear are on the rise while empathy is on the decline. In recent years, the ability to put ourselves in other people's shoes has been deemed…

A new study says it has confirmed for the first time that the smell of stress sweat does  significantly alter how women are perceived by both males and females. Research has shown the ability…

A group at the University of Exeter used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology on the brains of 13 volunteers, all faculty members and graduate students in English at the school, to…

You've seen advertisements for brain training games, apps, and websites that promise to give your mental abilities a boost - even "Baby Einstein" videos for infants make the claim that they will lead…

The left and right hemispheres of Albert Einstein's brain were unusually well connected to each other, according to a paper, which then determines that may have contributed to his brilliance. The…

Nocturnal animals use their noses to stay alive. Mice, among others, depend on their impressive olfactory powers to sniff out food or avoid danger in the dark, using a streamlined system that sends…