The jury's still out on rock 'n' roll. But the link between sex and at least one drug, marijuana, has...

A time-honored mnemonic method used by memory athletes -- people adept at feats such as quickly memorizing the sequence of...

While most of us haven't heard of astrocytes, these cells are four times as plentiful in the human brain as...

A particular structure in the brain is a "choke point" for a type of epileptic seizure that affects mostly children,...

The amount of a particular chemical in a particular part of your brain predicts your ability to simultaneously hang onto...

Your eyelids are getting heavy, your arms are going limp and you feel like you're floating through space. The power...

Children's brains are far more engaged by their mother's voice than by voices of women they do not know, a...

A one-year longitudinal study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine strongly suggests that smokers remain unemployed longer...

Adjusting a specific deep-brain circuit's firing frequency immediately and dramatically alters rats' forebrain activity and alertness levels, Stanford University School...

A malfunctioning enzyme may be a reason that binge drinking increases the odds of alcoholism, according to a study by...

Girls with autism display less repetitive and restricted behavior than boys do, according to a study by researchers at the...

A brain-chemistry deficit in children with autism may help to explain their social difficulties, according to new findings from the...

Examining post-mortem tissue from the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease, Stanford University School of Medicine investigators identified what appear...

A new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine found that synchronized physiological interactions between remote brain...

Investigators at Stanford University have found a surprising link between creative problem-solving and heightened activity in the cerebellum, a structure...