From the kitchen to the brain, a new review reveals how everyday meals shape AGE–RAGE pathways that fuel inflammation and neurodegeneration, and why changing diet could slow the damage. AGE–RAGE ...

Cooking and brain soup are both examples of procedural creativity that goes beyond the construction of new ideas and hypotheses to provide new methods for accomplishing valuable goals. The importance ...

Discovered: Cooking helped humans evolve large brains; beluga vocalizations strikingly similar to human speech; how the dung beetle keeps its cool; measuring consciousness. Measuring consciousness ...

You know you've sworn off spicy foods a dozen times, only to eat even spicier dishes. Why do we put ourselves through such agony? The secret is in our brains.

In our quest for optimal health, we often focus on our heart, muscles, and waistline. But the brain, the command center of our body and mind, deserves equal attention. What we eat plays a profound ...

Research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) may finally explain why we still reach for the cookie jar, even when we're full. A new study reveals that the human brain continues to respond to ...

Be honest, you probably don’t think about the health of your brain very often. It’s likely your mind only comes to mind when mental fog strikes, you can’t remember what you walked into this room for, ...

Breathing indoor air pollution during childhood tends to be linked to worse memory in older adulthood. A new study suggests that improving access to clean energy early in life might help protect the ...

Your brain does not start the day at full power. It is shifting from sleep into alertness. During that transition, light, movement, food, hydration, and stress cues begin steering the day. Sleep ...