One in five school-aged children struggles with dyslexia, but early identification and interventions can help them learn successfully. To that end, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, are using structural MRI to track the brain development of children as they learn to read.

Would you like to be able to record your thoughts and memories to playback later? This sci-fi concept is not yet a reality, but a Connecticut-based startup is hoping the first step toward this goal can be achieved using MRI.

When lunchtime hits, are you more tempted by fried foods than a fresh salad? Researchers at Tufts University have shown it may be possible to train your brain to think healthy foods taste better than unhealthy ones.

Ask a second-grade student a basic addition problem, and he or she will likely start counting on fingers and toes. As the student ages, counting to solve basic problems will (hopefully) be replaced by mental math and recall. MRIs of young children have now revealed the transformation that takes place inside the brain as these skills develop.

From age 7 months to 12 months, babies undergo a huge transition in language development. Researchers from the University of Washington are now conducting the most detailed look at neural activity when infants listen to speech using magnetoencephalography.

People who have taken psilocybin, the compound primarily responsible for the psychedelic effects of certain mushrooms, display a similar pattern of brain activity as seen during dreams when imaged by functional MRI, according to a researchers from Imperial College London.

Researchers from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto are turning their attention to helping soldiers from combat cope with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Following the herd may lead you to make less moral decisions, as people exhibit less activity in the medial prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain tasked with reflection and morality, when they become part of a team.