When treatments such as medication and therapy aren’t able to relieve the symptoms of depression or another mental health condition, there are other options available. A psychiatrist might suggest ...

A more precise and personalized form of electric brain stimulation may be a more effective and faster treatment for people with moderate to major depression compared to other similar treatments, ...

A painless, non-invasive brain stimulation technique can significantly improve how young adults learn math, my colleagues and I found in a recent study. In a paper in PLOS Biology, we describe how ...

Brain stimulation therapy is a category of procedures in which electrodes or magnets, usually placed on the scalp or inserted into the brain, are used to treat some neurological disorders or serious ...

Combining two treatments could be a promising option for people, especially military veterans, whose lives are negatively affected by post-traumatic stress disorder, finds a new study. In a clinical ...

People with schizophrenia often suffer from cognitive difficulties. Transcranial direct current stimulation of the brain is widely considered safe and is being studied as a treatment for depression.

A large multicenter clinical trial led by King's College London with 150 children and adolescents has shown that a device ...

A new study has found that electronic stimulation to a certain part of the brain could help you appreciate art better. Science! What Cattaneo and team found is that the electronic brain stimulation ...

The human brain is complex. Understanding deep brain function usually requires the insertion of probes that frequently result ...

People who received gentle electric currents on the back of their heads learned to maneuver a robotic surgery tool in virtual reality and then in a real setting much more easily than people who didn't ...