For decades, scientists have struggled to understand exactly how years of taking hits to the head while playing sports can translate into severe memory loss and dementia later in life. Now, a study ...

Neurons that track which direction an animal faces can hold their firing patterns steady for months, even as other brain cells tied to spatial memory shift and rearrange. That finding, drawn from long ...

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A new study that tracked brain changes in more than 1,600 adults over 12 years found that eating may help keep the brain ...

(Science Photo Library/Canva) Exercise works wonders throughout the human body, including the brain. Research suggests an ...

New research reveals that while our memory centers are constantly shifting, our internal compass remains frozen in time to keep our world stable.

Handwriting engages motor, language, and attention systems, activating the brain more fully than typing. Writing by hand ...

Simple food choices may slow brain aging and protect memory over time. The MIND diet could help keep your brain healthier as you grow older.

Changes to one's hippocampus, the brain's memory centre, in response to prolonged pain could be an important factor for why some people develop depression in chronic pain, while others do not, ...

A pig's brain has been frozen with its cellular activity locked in place and minimal damage. Some believe the same could be ...