Alzheimer’s Drug Donanemab Helps Most When Taken Early in Disease
An Alzheimer’s drug that attacks the protein amyloid does not work as well in people with more advanced disease
An Alzheimer’s drug that attacks the protein amyloid does not work as well in people with more advanced disease
As the 2023 Women’s World Cup kicks off, repeated concussions and head injuries in the sport raise discussion about the lifelong consequences on the brain
A classic test of self-control can carry complex cultural biases
Very small delays in swing jazz point to our evolution as a supremely auditory species.
My mother taught me to love words. Her dementia taught me to listen more closely
New insight comes from zapping a region, known as the anterior precuneus, that causes people to feel dissociated from their body
An experiment tests whether our ears hear silent intervals in the same way they hear music or noise
Kids don’t typically advance academically during the summer, but the research isn’t clear on whether they forget what they’ve already learned
Discussions of dinosaur brainpower spark larger questions around the nature of intelligence
A new misinformation quiz shows that, despite the stereotype, younger Americans have a harder time discerning fake headlines, compared with older generations
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