We know that exercise is good for our physical health, but mounting research is showing that it can help improve our brain ...

The first step to mental decluttering is getting adequate sleep. During sleep, the brain activates a cleaning system called ...

That pile of unsorted mail. The overflowing junk drawer. The closet you haven’t opened in months. You may have learned to look past the mess, but your brain hasn’t. It’s still processing every bit of ...

We have long known that staying physically active helps keep the mind sharp, but the exact mechanical reasons behind this ...

Exercise is widely known to benefit the brain, and researchers at Penn State recently uncovered a surprisingly mechanical reason: Each time the body moves, the brain gets a kind of "rinse." According ...

Every 20 seconds, a wave of fresh cerebrospinal fluid rolls into the sleeping brain. These slow, rhythmic blasts, described for the first time in the Nov. 1 Science, may help explain why sleep is so ...

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." It can be hard to stop a yawn once the urge strikes, but now, new research suggests that going with it ...

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...

As we enjoy ourselves through the festive season, many will already be planning a detox in the new year: cutting back on screentime, perhaps, or abstaining from alcohol. Recently, I wondered whether ...

You check into a hotel and toss and turn all night, but your sleep improves the following night. Scientists at Nagoya University wanted to understand why this happens. Working with mice, they have ...