As social animals, our health depends on interactions with others. If placed in isolation, without those connections, our physical and mental health take a hit.

Changes to cellular batteries known as mitochondria may be important for the development of new brain cells.

The ability to walk, as well as other motor functions, can be damaged by neurological conditions such as stroke, Parkinson’s disease, or a traumatic brain injury. Now, new insights into how the brain learns to walk may hold a key to recovering lost abilities after injury. Hear more about motor learning rehabilitation in this BrainFacts.org podcast.

From the first large studies monitoring the mental functioning of the same group of healthy humans over many years, scientists have uncovered unexpected results.

The exercises in this video will help you understand what it’s like to have Alzheimer’s.

The prolonged stress a child experiences by being separated from their parents has lasting implications for their mental health and the generations after them.

A stroke is a block in the brain's blood supply that can be caused by a clot in a blood vessel or rupture of a blood vessel.

Our sleep schedules aren’t simply personal preferences — they’re innate, biological predispositions that affect our physical and mental health.

Brain training might help you stay sharp as you get older — but it won’t make you a genius.

Surges of different neurotransmitters give rise to the emotional whirlwind that characterizes the early stages of romantic relationships.