A new study finds key differences in the development of the cortex between autistic boys and girls ages 2-13. The study found sex-specific changes in the thickness of the outer layer of the brain, ...

We often use the conditions brain fog, and overworked mind and fatigue interchangeably. However, the two conditions present different symptoms to people who experience them. The proper identification ...

Ancient Egyptian bust. How did ancient cultures view the mind, the brain, and their relationships? Source: Julia Kadel | Unsplash The German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus wrote in 1908 that ...

Researchers have mapped the brain volumes of people with common mental illnesses and found that despite individual differences between people with the same diagnosis, common, connected brain areas are ...

When it comes to our brains, neuroscientists have found that sex and gender are associated with distinct neural networks; and researchers hope that their findings will underscore the importance of ...

Female and male brains are very similar, but on the level of molecular mechanisms, clear sex differences emerge, revealing ...

The roots of addiction risk may lie in how young brains function long before substance use begins, according to a new study ...

A large-scale analysis of nearly 1,900 children found that those with a family history of substance use disorder show early ...