People with spinal cord injuries often lose movement even though their brains still send the right signals. Researchers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The electroencephalogram allowed scientists to record and read brain activity. Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty Images ...

As people age, their brains do, too. But if a brain ages prematurely, there is potential for age-related diseases such as mild-cognitive impairment, dementia, or Parkinson’s disease. If “brain age” ...

Clinical psychologists have a long tradition of attempting to understand what is “on the mind” of their clients by use of psychological tests. The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales, for example, have ...

Figuring out what’s going on in the brain is generally considered to be somewhere between extremely difficult and impossible. One major challenge is that the best ways to do so are room-sized machines ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD A new study shows that whether families can reliably meet basic needs, not just how much they earn, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Erika Nyhus, Bowdoin College (THE CONVERSATION) Electroencephalography, or EEG, was ...