Meditation Gives Brain a Charge, Study Finds
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Brain research indicates something that practitioners of meditation have long maintained: Mental discipline and meditative practice can change the workings of the brain and allow different levels of awareness.
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A patient in a vegetative state can communicate using her thoughts, according to research.
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A few nights without sleep can not only make people tired and emotional, but may actually put the brain into a primitive "fight or flight" state, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Researchers have found a 'bottleneck' in the brain that appears to explain why we struggle to do two things at once.
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WASHINGTON -- Advanced brain scanning uncovered startling signs of awareness in a woman in a vegetative state, British scientists reported Thursday _ a finding that complicates one of medicine's ethical minefields.
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Subliminal images do attract the brain's attention on a subconscious level, say UK researchers.
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Electrical impulses delivered to two   areas of the brain that control movement alleviate the symptoms   of Parkinson's disease more effectively than drugs alone,   according to a study in Thursday's New England Journal of   Medicine.
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Companies across the country are offering yoga and meditation classes to help employees relax, reduce stress and recharge.
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Telling people off activates a part of the brain linked to enjoyment and satisfaction, researchers report in Science magazine.
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NEW YORK  - An animal study indicates that the cognitive impairment that can occur in people with diabetes appears to result from high levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
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SAN DIEGO  --  A novel medical technique that smuggles an electrical charge into the brain through the vagus nerve is proving at least as effective as medication in controlling severe depression, psychiatrists say.
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A Harvard researcher says seeing someone in a fearful posture triggers areas of the brain that express emotion and prime the body for action, even without seeing the person&#39;s facial expression.
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Hearing aids can reduce brain strain and allow people to remember things better. Bodyhack reports from AAAS in San Francisco.
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A mechanism in the brain may explain why some people cope better than others in the face of adversity.
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Putting feelings into words makes sadness and anger less intense, U.S. brain researchers said on Wednesday, in a finding that explains why talking to a therapist -- or even a sympathetic bartender -- often makes people feel better.
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Transcendental meditation (TM) reduces hypertension and cuts down on the need for blood pressure-lowering medications, according to a study in black Americans.
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If you haven't already been scared away from using your cell phone, now researchers are checking whether frequent usage can slow brain function.