A simple, noninvasive electroencephalogram (EEG) may help detect residual cognition in unresponsive patients who have experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI), results of a new study suggest. The ...

As people age, their brains do, too. But if a brain ages prematurely, there is potential for age-related diseases such as mild cognitive impairment, dementia, or Parkinson's disease. If "brain age" ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The electroencephalogram allowed scientists to record and read brain activity. Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty Images ...

Jena, Germany, 1924: Working in near-isolation and with painstaking tediousness, the psychiatrist Hans Berger observes rhythmic electrical activity from the scalp of human subjects. He is convinced ...

Older adults struggling to follow conversations in noisy rooms may be showing the earliest signs of cognitive decline, not ...

Researchers at the University of Bath have developed a ground-breaking simple two-minute test which could allow Alzheimer’s disease to be diagnosed five years earlier than with current methods. The ...

A new brainwave test could detect early signs of Alzheimer’s years before diagnosis — in just three minutes. That’s according to researchers at the University of Bath and the University of Bristol, ...

Everyone gets sleepy at work from time to time, especially after a big lunch. But for people whose jobs involve driving or working with heavy machinery, drowsiness can be extremely dangerous - if not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brain waves emblematic of generalized epilepsy. Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Jena, Germany, 1924: Working ...

As people age, their brains do, too. But if a brain ages prematurely, there is potential for age-related diseases such as mild-cognitive impairment, dementia, or Parkinson’s disease. If “brain age” ...