UC Santa Cruz research innovations and academic programs advance brain and mental health.

“The results showed that individuals who were physically active performed better in these cognitive tests, demonstrating ...

A new way of mapping activity and connections between different regions of the brain has revealed fresh insights into how higher order functions like language, thought and attention, are organized. A ...

The human brain has four distinct turning points where its structure changes, according to a study published in the journal ...

During the early thirties, the brain’s wiring pattern moves into what the researchers describe as the adult mode. This adult ...

Regrowing the human brain is no longer science fiction. Johns Hopkins engineer Annie Kathuria discusses her TEDx vision for ...

The origin of humanity has been a long-debated and discussed topic amongst experts. A new study formulates a genetic model that gives some insights regarding the development of human anatomy, stated ...

New research suggests the human brain has five distinct ages, and it may not reach adulthood until a person's early 30s.

Diesel exhaust particles can disturb the function of human brain immune cells, known as microglia, according to a recent ...