The room dissolves into a rushing collage of childhood bedrooms, long-forgotten faces and the exact shade of blue from an old ...

When Dr. Majid Fotuhi wrote his first book, 2002's The Memory Cure, he wanted to give it the subtitle "How to Prevent Alzheimer's Disease," but he felt that was "too bold" a statement to make at the ...

To consolidate memories, our brains replay them during periods of rest as a kind of 'replay mode'. A new mouse study suggests ...

A new brain imaging study reveals that remembering facts and recalling life events activate nearly identical brain networks. Researchers expected clear differences but instead found strong overlap ...

The good news? You don’t need to run a marathon or learn rocket science. From puzzles to knitting and music, there are plenty of sofa-friendly hobbies that could give your brain a meaningful workout.

A long-running study following thousands of older adults suggests that a relatively brief period of targeted brain training ...

New research shows that encapsulated probiotics improve memory, while non-encapsulated powder is better for reducing anxiety ...

The largest fMRI study to date finds that heavy cannabis use in young adults reduces brain activity and impairs working memory performance.

Age-related changes in protein tagging and degradation may help explain how the brain declines over time and why diet can still influence these processes.

Researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered a mechanism that could explain how exercise improves cognition by shoring up ...

Researchers have identified two brain receptors that help the brain clear away amyloid beta, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s ...

One large trial study showed a correlation of vitamin E supplementation with a statistically significant increase in prostate cancer diagnoses among men, Dr. Fleishman says, adding, "This raises ...