New research on microplastics in brains reminds us that while scientists compile safety data, our leaders should still act ...

"They just need to change their mindset,” some leaders say. Mindset is powerful and malleable. But we can have greater impact ...

Dubbed the “creativity circuit,” damage to this area due to injury or brain disease resulted in both decreases and increases ...

Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory.

Discover how your mind filters out distractions. New research reveals the specialized neural mechanisms that actively block ...

because the minuscule pieces can take up residence inside individual cells. “Somehow these nanoplastics hijack their way through the body and get to the brain, crossing the blood-brain barrier ...

Dr. Matthew Campen, a professor at the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy, has been searching the brains of dead people to find something virtually all of us have polluting inside our ...

It turns out, love is not just an emotion, it’s a complex process that involves powerful chemicals and brain activity. When you fall in love, your brain releases a mix of hormones and ...

Our brains build maps of the environment that help us understand the world around us, allowing us to think, recall, and plan. These maps not only help us to, say, find our room on the correct floor of ...

Once inside, it's unclear whether the ... that the liver and kidneys could possibly help flush out plastics from the body, but whether the brain has the same ability is unknown.