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

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

A team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that accelerating the brain’s waste removal system could have tremendous implications for our memory. As ...

A massive international brain study has revealed that memory decline with age isn’t driven by a single brain region or gene, ...

Scientists have found that blocking microglia (specialist immune cells in the brain) prevents infant forgetting ("infantile ...

Babies of every species from mouse to human rapidly forget things that happen to them-an effect called infantile amnesia. A type of brain immune cell called microglia might control this type of ...

Aging compromises the lymphatic vessels (green) in tissue called the meninges (blue) surrounding the brain, disabling waste drainage from the brain and impacting cognitive function. Researchers at ...

Your memory relies on reusing, overlapping and adapting rather than on a fixed number of storage spots. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

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 ...

New research highlights how specific dietary staples act as "neuro-toxins," triggering brain inflammation and accelerating ...