They have proven themselves to be ribaldly revolting, perpetually perplexing, and endlessly entertaining. Geoffrey Chaucer immortalized them in literature, Samuel Johnson defined them in his ...

LIÈGE, Belgium — Those moments when your brain seemingly shuts down mid-conversation aren’t just embarrassing social hiccups or “brain farts”; neuroscientists now recognize them as “mind blanking.” ...

There is brain fog and then there's brain fart, the former being not as serious as the medically-recognized latter. Both happen to people one day or another. Pregnant women, however, tend to suffer ...

A silly blunder has occurred two weeks in a row. Experts weigh in on multitasking deficits, bottom-up actions and why this keeps happening. In 2015, star U.S. distance runner Molly Huddle was rounding ...