Japanese are known for their long life and most of them have sharp intellect, which is a result of their disciplined ...

Breath during sleep be a key component that helps the brain's memory hub do the best job possible to store and reinforce ...

Researchers at MIT’s Picower Institute found that rotating waves of brain activity help restore focus after distractions. In ...

A sweeping analysis of more than 70 studies reveals that short-term fasting has little effect on how the adult brain performs ...

During menopause, researchers also notice more bright spots on brain scans known as white-matter hyperintensities. These ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD), the leading cause of dementia, affects nearly 40 million individuals globally, resulting in a ...

A McGill University clinical trial found that digital brain training can restore key brain functions that fade with age.

The experiments were only in mice. But they were impressive. Memories are made of networks of brain cells called engrams. The lasers targeted specific cells in engrams. Zap those cells and the whole ...

The technology works like a translator, not a mind reader – It converts brain scan patterns into coherent sentences by ...

Eating flavanol-rich foods like dark chocolate or berries may boost memory performance. How? By synchronizing stress hormones with the brain’s natural window for locking in new information, according ...

The study shows that communication between the entorhinal cortex and the hippocampus’s CA3 region helps mice form stable maps of places.

Virginia Tech scientists found that age-related memory loss stems from molecular changes in the brain. Memory decline might not be just a natural part of aging. Researchers at Virginia Tech have ...