For decades, scientists have looked at various mechanisms responsible for the decline of our mental faculties as we age. A new discovery shows that the accumulation of a certain protein called the ...

When we focus, switch tasks, or face tough mental challenges, the brain starts to sync its internal rhythms, especially in the midfrontal region. A new study has found that smarter individuals show ...

Are there parts of our minds that are hidden from us? This question launched the Hidden Brain podcast ten years ago. Since then, Hidden Brain has helped millions of listeners accomplish their goals, ...

A team of researchers from Florida International University (FIU) examined a brain protein previously associated with brain inflammation in Alzheimer's patients, in an effort to gain a deeper ...

Researchers at USC have created the first method to noninvasively measure microscopic blood vessel pulses in the human brain. Using advanced 7T MRI, they found these tiny pulsations grow stronger with ...

The smarter you are, the more your brain is in sync with its own secret rhythm, a new study has found. When your brain works particularly hard, different regions of the brain sync up as they work ...

Researchers at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have developed a brain imaging technique that reveals how tiny blood ...

Flying a fighter jet is often compared to being in a car crash over and over again. Retired Navy F/A-18 Hornet pilot Matthew “Whiz” Buckley, a TOPGUN graduate and former instructor, remembers being ...

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An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier Carl Vinson in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy) Flying a fighter jet is often ...