Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) negatively impacts the lives of millions of people worldwide, but more effective treatments could be on the way after researchers were able to identify specific ...

The brain consumes 20 percent of the body’s energy while awake and at rest, yet scientists historically have viewed the organ’s activity during sleep as useless “noise.” But in a study published ...

The human brain can concurrently support a wide range of advanced mental functions, including attention, memory and the ...

Older adults who consistently get up early and remain active throughout the day are happier and perform better on cognitive tests than those with irregular activity patterns, according to a new study ...

Stanford study finds rapid brain cell evolution boosted human cognition but lowered autism gene activity, raising vulnerability.

Energy costs of pregnancy approximate 320 MJ in well-nourished women, but whether or not these costs may be partly covered by modifications in activity behavior is incompletely known. In healthy ...

In this work, we use the term ‘daily rhythm’ as an umbrella term to describe the observable patterns of mosquito behavior over a 24-hour period, acknowledging that these patterns may include both ...