Psychopaths have a 10% larger striatum than non-psychopaths, suggesting biological differences in brain structure. This ...

The extreme mental and physical fatigue brought on by long COVID may be a result of structural changes in the brain, new research suggests. These observable changes not only promise to improve the ...

A study using wearable scanning technology has revealed how brain function differs in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). It ...

Brain volume and function are altered in individuals with opioid use disorder, a new Yale study finds. Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and functional MRI (fMRI), researchers observed the ...

Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty in which genes often play a role. How do genes associated with dyslexia relate to ...

For over 100 years, scientists have agreed that discrete collections of brain cells fire off signals to other brain areas through a series of interconnected fibers. In a new study, researchers applied ...

The cognitive abilities of a fruit-fly larva may not seem particularly noteworthy. This creature—the fly’s early, wormlike phase—is just about capable of sensing its environment, searching for food ...

Psychotherapy leads to measurable changes in brain structure. Researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the University of Münster have demonstrated this for the first time in ...

The distribution of wealth between different people living in specific geographical regions has changed substantially over the past decades, with some segments of the population benefiting most from ...

Steroids are able to change the structure of the brain and affect a person's mood, according to a new study. Dutch researchers conducted the study by examining the brains of nearly 25,000 steroid ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers say racial inequities can change the brain structure of children, People Images/Getty Images Researchers say racial inequities can produce poverty and trauma that can ...