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 ...

Here’s how your brain ... one's mental imagery ability. If someone is good at holding and manipulating large amounts of information in mind, this person can play with things like numbers or ...

brain maturation and genetic risk for obesity in an adolescent cohort study. Image Credit: Dasha Petrenko/Shutterstock.com In a recent study published in Nature Mental Health, a group of ...

The cerebral cortex, the outermost layer of the brain, is the central driver of various human capabilities, including ...

His team measured patients’ mental activity through brain wave tests and functional MRIs. Unlike a standard MRI, which produces 3D images of the brain, a functional MRI measures activity in the ...

But when it comes to mental health, most diagnoses are still made solely based on a checklist of symptoms. The actual organ responsible -- the brain -- is rarely examined. Imagine being diagnosed ...

Jiabin Shen has received funding from National Institutes of Health (NIH ... Another brain region, located in the very front of the brain, also contributes to mental imagery.

Researchers studying mental illness believe that abnormalities in how particular brain circuits function contribute to the development of many mental illnesses. Connections between nerve cells ...