Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, ...

Scientists know that social isolation can alter brain structure and lead to the breakdown of myelin, the fatty coating that insulates nerve fibers in the brain. But they don’t yet know exactly how or ...

Brain development does not end at 25 but continues into the early 30s as neural networks become more efficient and ...

If you scroll through TikTok or Instagram long enough, you'll inevitably stumble across the line: "Your frontal lobe isn't fully developed yet." It's become neuroscience's go-to explanation for bad ...

A group of men living with serious brain injuries is beating isolation during the pandemic with a new board game they created. The men at the Ability Beyond group residence in Danbury made the Unbored ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered a direct causal effect between social isolation and a faster decline in later- life cognitive function. Pathological cognitive decline is ...

A team at Harvard studying the social behavior of mice found that the brain treats isolation and loneliness in much the same way it processes hunger or thirst. Within the hypothalamus, the brain’s hub ...