A painless, non-invasive brain stimulation technique can significantly improve how young adults learn math, my colleagues and I found in a recent study. In a paper in PLOS Biology, we describe how ...

When treatments such as medication and therapy aren’t able to relieve the symptoms of depression or another mental health condition, there are other options available. A psychiatrist might suggest ...

LOS ANGELES — Applying a mild electrical current to a particular part of the brain could improve mathematical abilities in people who suffer impaired skills or in patients who have suffered strokes or ...

Brain implants that deliver electric pulses can ease depression in people who aren't responding to psychiatric drugs, a new study says. Half of a small group of people who received brain implants ...

A more precise and personalized form of electric brain stimulation may be a more effective and faster treatment for people with moderate to major depression compared to other similar treatments, ...

Researchers have discovered a brain activity pattern that can predict which people with mild cognitive impairment are likely ...

Lead author Shrey Grover administering brain stimulation to Jim Soter, a participant in the study. Source: Credit: Robert Reinhart, Provided for publication by Boston University Neuroscientists at ...

A Chicago nurse has been liberated from her own mind, thanks to a brain-tapping technology called deep TMS. Gulden, who requested to omit her surname for privacy reasons, worked as a nurse for more ...

Navigating the world is no mean feat, especially when the world pushes back. For instance, airflow hitting a fly on its right ...