Brain study News

Swedish researchers have just uncovered mind-blowing evidence that your brain continues to grow new memory cells well into old age, offering new hope for tackling memory loss and cognitive decline.  

The researchers looked at a brain region that is unique to primates and essential for higher-order cognition The human-specific microglia type exists throughout development and adulthood

The process of choosing what to eat is so crucial Scientists have concentrated on brain mapping as a way to understand how and why people gain weight The brain aids us in determining when we are "full" and when to stop eating

Telling self-serving lies may gradually lead people to a bigger one and finally push them down a slippery slope where their brains may start to adapt to the dishonesty, making deceit look much easier, an interesting study has revealed.