The latest from neuroscience.
Short, timely briefings on new studies and discoveries across neuroscience, psychology, sleep, memory and brain health.
What Happens Inside Your Brain During a Football Match?
Football is a full-brain workout: attention, anticipation, spatial awareness, memory and split-second decisions all firing at once.
How Poverty Shapes a Child's Brain: What New Research Reveals
Chronic financial hardship can influence brain areas tied to language, memory and executive function — but the brain remains remarkably adaptable.
Can Your Brain Grow Again at 65? Neuroscientist Tommy Wood Thinks So
Neuroscientist Tommy Wood argues the aging brain stays adaptable later in life — and shares his '3 S' method (Stress, Strength, Stimulus) to keep it sharp.
New Study Links Deep Sleep to Stronger Memory Consolidation
Researchers find that slow-wave activity during deep sleep predicts how well new information is retained the next day — even more than total sleep duration.
The 'Dopamine Fasting' Myth, Revisited
Neuroscientists push back on the viral 'dopamine fasting' trend, arguing the underlying biology is misunderstood — but the underlying behavior change still helps.
Smartphone Notifications Fragment Attention More Than We Thought
A new field study quantifies how interleaved notifications degrade sustained focus — even when users do not consciously check their phones.