New research suggests pregnancy doesn’t impair the brain—it reshapes it, refining memory, attention, and emotional awareness ...

Baby brain” isn’t the deficit it’s stereotyped to be, research suggests. Neural adaptations during pregnancy can prime ...

Longer-term studies in mothers found the brain has partially, but not fully, returned to its pre-pregnancy state seven years ...

Researchers at UC San Francisco and Imperial College London have shown that a single dose of psilocybin, the psychedelic ...

A new study conducted by researchers at UC Santa Barbara mapped how the brain responds to rapid hormone changes during pregnancy. Pregnancy is a "transformative period in a person’s life accompanied ...

A new study says a psychedelic trip may physically change your brain and could explain why some people note benefits from the ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Working long hours comes with a slew of health issues, from too much stress to disturbed sleep, heart conditions, and mental-health disorders like anxiety and depression. It may even cause changes in ...

Menopause brings profound shifts not just in hormones but in the very structure of the brain. Scientists have found that gray matter in regions tied to memory and thinking can shrink, while white ...

A randomized controlled trial correlates 4 weeks of probiotics to positive microstructure and function changes in several ...