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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a natural mechanism that clears existing amyloid plaques in the ...

To navigate something as complex and dynamic as the brain, a map would help. Researchers have learned an enormous amount about how we think, what drives our behaviors, and why we feel the way we do ...

Neuromorphic computing, inspired by the brain, integrates memory and processing to drastically reduce power consumption compared to traditional CPUs and GPUs, making AI at the network edge more ...

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.