Exercise is often described as one of the best things we can do for the brain. It can sharpen memory, support mood, and lower the risk of cognitive decline later in life.

This Communications Biology study used intracranial EEG in 22 epilepsy patients to map how the human brain processes new ...

Every day, the brain takes in far more experiences than it will ever store. Most dissolve within hours. A few persist for ...

Since then, many more researchers have reported evidence for neurons changing how they respond to certain stimuli or ...

The unregulated supplement Prevagen has been heavily marketed on TV for memory issues, but a court has told the company to ...

Researchers use cryo-EM to reveal how the NMDA receptor's Asn cage filters calcium from magnesium to drive learning and ...

An aged mouse finishes its last lap on a running wheel, and within hours something unexpected happens: its liver floods the ...

The scientific explanation has to do with theta and alpha frequency bands—which are the neural signatures most associated with working memory, encoding new information, and making things stick ...

Cedars-Sinai researchers created “young” immune cells from human stem cells that reversed cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice. The treated animals showed better memory and healthier ...

When you’re short on sleep and your focus suddenly drifts, your brain may be briefly slipping into cleanup mode. Scientists discovered that these attention lapses coincide with waves of fluid washing ...

A psychedelic trip—on “magic mushrooms,” to be precise—may cause physical changes to the brain, a new imaging study finds. The results could one day help explain why people who take psilocybin—a ...