As part of Brain Awareness Week, we are highlighting three innovative Mass General brain imaging studies.
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In the second installment, we highlight two more approaches to Alzheimer’s research with Drs. Susanne Janneke Van Veluw and Mehdi Jorfi.
Learn how Mass General researchers are working to develop new treatments and diagnostic tools for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
What if there was a simple way to help individuals prioritize their emotional health just as much as their physical health?
Teens and young adults who abstained from cannabis use for a month improved performance on memory and cognitive function tests.
Meditation is an ancient practice that has been used for centuries to achieve a state of calmness and clarity. While it was commonly associated with certain religious practices, it has made its way into everyday Western culture, with increasing amounts of research showing it has several positive health benefits. Herbert Benson, MD, is an internationallyRead more
Folate levels have, once again, become an area of interest for a Massachusetts General Hospital -based research team after finding that increased in utero folic acid exposure is associated with changes in brain development later in life that could reduce the risk of psychosis and schizophrenia.
If you want to reduce your level of stress and anxiety in 2018, our imaging studies have shown that the regular practice of meditation can change how the brain works.
The Institute for Brain Health at Mass General is revolutionizing the way we treat brain disease by developing new strategies for prevention, risk reduction and early treatment.
Video games can change how you pay attention, improving sustained and selective attentions. It also means that the areas in the brain responsible for attention need less stimuli to activate.