We usually don't think much about it, but our brain is pretty amazing! This three-pound organ is in charge of everything ...

Do you want to be smarter ― or at least feel like you are? Pick up one of these classic reads for great minds. The idea ...

Reading lights up your brain like a Christmas tree. It turns out when we’re immersed in a great book, it’s not just the parts of the brain that deal with language processing that are hard at work.

When Susan Magsamen made the decision to end her first marriage, she faced emotional and difficult days working through not only her own feelings but those of her young sons. It took a lump of one ...

While the study focused only on physical books and didn’t include audiobooks, here’s what Dr. Willeumier says reading versus listening have in common when it comes to brain function: In both ...

Here’s a first look at this year’s poster for Children’s Book Week, the annual celebration of books for kids and teens, which this year runs from May 1-7.

In their new book "Every Brain Needs Music," Dr. Larry S Sherman and Dr. Dennis Plies, a music professor at Warner Pacific University, explore the fascinating interplay between our brains, our ...

The young brain literally changes shape in response to everything it encounters, from new experiences to people to relationships. It’s up to adults to try to influence that growth in a positive ...

Book review: ‘Mother Brain’ delves into the science of how our brains are rewired by parenthood. The book interweaves research and data with personal stories from new parents.

Hawkins is in love with the brain, simply put, particularly that part that is most recent, called the neocortex, a napkin-sized layer of cells occupying 70% of the mass of the brain.

Alva Noë wants to knock the brain off its scientific pedestal, where it reigns as maestro of mind and king of consciousness. In his new book, the University of California, Berkeley philosopher ...