New research in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise suggests exercise may be one way to boost that self-control.

Foods with lots of fat and sugar inhibit vagus nerve activation and reduce the inhibitory effects of eating. In medical ...

Heavy alcohol use, which researchers defined as regular alcohol consumption of three or more drinks per day, is linked to more severe brain bleeds (or a bleeding stroke) and earlier long-term brain ...

For Martin Schrimpf, the promise of artificial intelligence is not in the tasks it can accomplish. It’s in what AI might reveal about human intelligence. He is working to build a “digital twin” of the ...

In a fast-paced digital world, always-on notifications and multitasking often result in what’s been described as ‘popcorn brain’. This creates a state of restlessness and mental distraction. Discover ...

Scientists found that soccer fans’ emotional highs and lows activate specific brain circuits tied to reward and control.

Your brain’s “emergency brake” goes quiet during rival defeats. Highly engaged fans showed reduced activity in the brain region that normally keeps aggressive impulses in check, potentially explaining ...

Oral contraceptives have been effectively preventing pregnancy for more than 65 years, but it has only been in the past 10 that scientists – many of them women – have started to seriously examine what ...