Brain stimulation therapies use electrical currents to alter the brain’s activity. They can treat conditions such as major depression and substance misuse disorder. However, side effects such as ...

Scientists have uncovered remarkable insights into how the earliest brain connections shape infant emotional development, potentially offering new ways to identify children at risk for future ...

In the study, "A wearable repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation device," published in Nature Communications, researchers developed and tested a portable brain stimulation system by combining ...

Infants born deaf or hard of hearing show adverse changes in how their brains organize and specialize, but exposure to sound and language may help them develop more normally, according to new research ...

You may have seen billboards around town featuring the Itsy-Bitsy Spider, Wheels on the Bus, Baa Baa Black Sheep or an adorable rabbit in a raincoat. These images are cute and familiar, but they ...

Mental health experts increasingly warn that nonstop digital stimulation may be overwhelming the brain, increasing anxiety, ...

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC lead investigators Read Montague and Brittany Howell will use a four-year, $2.3 million National Institutes of Health grant to develop ...

Even when you aren’t doing anything, your brain is relentlessly active—daydreaming, ruminating, contemplating the past or future. How this mind wandering functions can significantly shape a person’s ...

Exploring the potential of transcranial ultrasound stimulation to precisely target and treat brain circuit disorders noninvasively. Study: The future of transcranial ultrasound as a precision brain ...