If you have kids in school, or even if you don’t, you’ve probably realized that there’s a lot about the day-to-day of school ...

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Brain teaser riddles are a fun and engaging way to challenge your mind and sharpen your problem-solving skills. They often use wordplay, tricky clues, or creative thinking to lead you toward an ...

UCSF scientists discovered that an overlooked cell type in the brain plays a central role in healing traumatic brain injury.

Would you like to your brain to keep working at top capacity, especially as you get older? Two new studies both suggest that playing a musical instrument can help. And—good news—you can start at any ...

Recent research, published in Biological Psychiatry, provides the first proof that evidence-based parenting programs are accompanied by specific changes in children's brain activity and ...

The left and right sides of the brain control different functions in the body. Some people believe that the left and right sides of the brain can determine personality and behavior, but there is no ...

A few years ago, I had lunch with the head of a major motion picture studio, who declared that his central problem was not finding good people—it was finding good ideas. Since then, when giving talks, ...

The amygdala is part of the limbic system, which regulates emotional and behavioral responses. An amygdala hijack is a fight-or-flight response to stress. To better understand what an amygdala hijack ...

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Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer ...