Brain scans have recently been utilized in groundbreaking studies to recreate images from dreams. This impressive leap in technology promises to unlock new perspectives on human cognition and the ...

People age at different rates, partly due to genetics but largely because of lifestyle. A person’s rate of aging can indicate how likely they are to develop age-related disorders, such as dementia.

Neuroscientists have long relied on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to identify patterns of activity in the brain by measuring changes in blood flow. This has been an invaluable tool for ...

Imagine walking into a doctor’s office at 45 and getting a single brain scan that tells you not just how old your brain is, but how quickly your entire body will age over the next decades. This isn’t ...

Paying less attention to faces is one of the key markers of autism spectrum disorder. But while researchers have begun to ...

USC researchers have found a promising new brain scan marker that could better detect Alzheimer’s risk — but only for some. The tau-based benchmark works in Hispanic and White populations when paired ...

British scientists at Oxford have developed a novel brain scan technique that may identify Alzheimer’s disease far earlier than previously possible — before any visible symptoms emerge. The method ...

Scientists developed a non-invasive MRI technique to measure brain iron levels, which may help identify patients at higher ...

The traumatic events that firefighters, first responders and law enforcement workers witness can lead to severe mental health struggles in their daily lives. A 2023 study by the National Highway ...

A single, freely available, noninvasive brain scan done in just a few minutes during midlife can predict what chronic diseases are most likely to appear in the future, empowering people to make diet ...

A starry sky can be stunning—even inside a hospital emergency room. But instead of celestial bodies sparkling in the night, doctors in South Korea were gazing at bright brain lesions punctuating a ...