When you're a teenager, it's easy to feel like the world is watching your every mistake. For some kids, that sense of ...

Blood oxygen level-dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging (BOLD-fMRI) is a cornerstone of non-invasive brain function investigation, yet its ...

Scientists found that attention lapses due to sleep deprivation coincide with a flushing of fluid from the brain.

In a new study, investigators from McLean Hospital (a member of Mass General Brigham), Harvard Medical School and the National Institute on Drug Abuse – Intramural Research Program (NIDA-IRP) ...

New research shows that during moments of lost focus after poor sleep, the brain releases a wave of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)—the same cleansing process that normally occurs during deep sleep.