When we don't understand how something works, we often fear it. That has been the case with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), but new research may be shedding needed light.

Electroshock therapy has a long and notorious reputation, but the new Fisher Wallace Stimulator promises to alleviate a host of disorders—at home. Casey Schwartz takes the device for a test drive.

Credit: PLOS Computational Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013126 The brain is constantly mapping the external world like a GPS, even when we don't know about it.

When we focus, switch tasks, or face tough mental challenges, the brain starts to sync its internal rhythms, especially in the midfrontal region. A new study has found that smarter individuals ...

While trying to conceive, learning and memory researcher Liz Chrastil took an unusual step: She became her own subject in a study of how pregnancy changes the brain.

It suggests that these traits may involve more complex or varied brain circuits or might not reflect structural brain changes at all. Regarding Factor 2, however, there were clear and widespread ...

Digging deeper into the brain’s learning process Of course, understanding exactly how our brains learn is a tough task. However, research like this is slowly helping us connect the dots.

China’s first clinical trial of a technology that allows signals from the brain to control an external device has shown early signs of success, making it only the second country after the US to ...

Brain imaging studies show that people with hearing loss experience faster rates of brain tissue loss, particularly in areas responsible for memory and cognitive processing.

Lead author Anna Csiszar, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of neurosurgery at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, said that the similarities between the aging brain and chemo brain may yield ...