A new study of 30,000 adults found that those who volunteered or offered informal help regularly had 15 to 20 percent less ...

Taylor Leamey wrote about all things wellness for CNET, specializing in mental health, sleep and nutrition coverage. She has invested hundreds of hours into studying and researching sleep and holds a ...

As we grow older, it’s natural for our brains to slow down a little. One major reason is the gradual weakening of the cholinergic system, a network of brain cells that supports attention, memory, and ...

Lately, my brain has felt decidedly ancient. I’m only in my 40s, but last week I completely blanked on the date of my wedding anniversary, forgot the name of a friend’s son and couldn’t seem to ...

Your chronological age may say 65, but your brain could be acting a decade younger — or older — depending on your life experiences. That’s the message from a new study by University of Florida ...

The human brain is often lauded as one of nature's most extraordinary creations, as our sensory systems take in billions of bits of information per second. Yet only a fraction of that makes it to our ...

TIME FAMOUSLY speeds up when you are having fun. But it slows down, it turns out, when one looks at something worth remembering. According to research published on April 22nd in Nature Human Behaviour ...