Stressful study sessions help us pass exams, but curiosity promotes long-term understanding and information retention. In A ...

A study in mice suggests infantile amnesia is not a failure of memory, but a developmentally useful process guided by brain ...

With aging comes change; wrinkles, gray hair, and height differences are all a part of the mix. But it’s not just the cosmetic transformations that people fear. According to a study from the Global ...

A study tracking thousands of neurons shows how the brain separates memory content from context to support flexible recall.

Deep brain stimulation enhances memory, may ease Alzheimer's symptoms. Feb. 8, 2012— -- A new study suggests that driving electricity deep into the brain can boost memory, shedding light on a ...

Do you ever wonder about your brain health? Especially as we start to get older, it can be very easy to start questioning if our brains are in top working order — those moments we all have of ...

Consciousness researchers studying “islands of awareness” have found that disconnected brains likely sink into a strange form ...