Jairo Angulo works on a Sudoku puzzle on Friday at his home in Los Angeles. Angulo believes doing puzzles is good for mental sharpness, but scientists say there is little evidence that they improve ...

The term "brain washing" conjures up negative images, but doctors in Britain have developed a procedure by that name that could drastically reduce the risk of death or brain damage in very premature ...

Scientists have engineered a protein able to record the incoming chemical signals of brain cells (as opposed to ...

Researchers have developed a new way to decipher the language of the brain by listening to and recording the fastest and faintest communications signals of neurons. This allows scientists to watch ...

It’s a daily ritual for millions of people. You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and eventually make your way to one or more crossword puzzles, word games and other brain twisters. The test of banked ...

Brain-twisted or brain-washed — can crossword puzzles and word games sharpen memory? Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times Mar 14, 2023 Updated Mar 14, 2023 ...