In 1979, Hounsfield won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his role in the development of computer-assisted ...

Scanlon's own research has shown that the brain tends to filter out white noise when it's attempting to focus on another noise. "My research used white noise as a background stimuli for an ...

A new study published in Nature Neuroscience suggests that different aspects of socioeconomic status are associated with distinct patterns of brain structure, connectivity, and behavior—and ...

Meditation Changes Your Brain Structure in a Good Way From reducing anxiety to possibly slowing dementia, learn more about the benefits meditating has on your brain.

One reason that white matter signals have been understudied is that they have lower energy than gray matter signals, and thus are more difficult to distinguish from the brain's background "noise." ...

For the study, researchers played participants a series of tones—ranging in intensity from undetectable to fully audible—over a white noise background.

Researchers have created one of the most detailed maps of how pregnancy changes the brain, according to a new study.

The pallium is the brain region where the neocortex forms in mammals, the part responsible for cognitive and complex functions that most distinguishes humans from other species. The pallium has ...

Stop blurring your Zoom background and opt for this type of background instead. Your brain (and your colleagues) will thank you.

A Pregnant Woman's Brain Was Mapped for the First Time — Here's How It Changed “Sciences have historically ignored women’s health,” says the lead researcher, as a possible explanation for ...

You might have heard of how white noise can help you sleep. But what about other color noises like pink or brown noise? Learn more about their effects on you.