"Health optimization" and "body hacking" are all the rage as people strap on wearable technology, undergo blood tests to ...

We live in a culture that celebrates multitasking. Many people see it as a badge of honor. But brain researchers say what we ...

Researchers say findings underscore that microglia serve as a relevant interface between the endocrine stress response and ...

New research from the Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas suggests that our cognitive capacity doesn't diminish as we age like we thought.

A six-month trial found that older women who ate within eight to nine hours daily showed cognitive improvements beyond what ...

There's a reason why double- or triple-screening your devices makes you feel tired, says NPR's Manoush Zomorodi. She explains ...

New research suggests that people can train their brains to be better at multitasking. While a lot of practice is required, doctors say people can try this at home, too. Good news for people who ...

Practice may do more than make perfect. Researchers found that extensive training physically reorganizes the brain, allowing learned tasks to bypass the prefrontal cortex and run through specialized ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Multitasking is challenging because the brain must ...

We’ve all been there: listening to a Zoom meeting while responding to a co-worker’s urgent email. And maybe trying to arrange the kids’ after-school schedule at the same time. Multitasking is a ...

A new study from Georgetown University just revealed that your brain is capable of multitasking. It simply needs to be trained to do so. For years, we’ve been told that focusing on two things at once ...

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