A brief period of exercise may do more for your brain than you expect. New research led by the University of Iowa shows that even a single workout can rapidly shift how your brain processes memory.

Sure, playing video game is fun. But the ability of tiny brain organoids to pick up a skill could provide insight into how ...

New neurological research reveals that short bursts of cardio trigger "brain ripples" that stabilize information. Discover ...

Even more reason to schedule that early-morning workout ...

With age comes a natural decline in cognitive function, even among otherwise healthy adults without dementia. A new study finds that a cognitive training program may boost production of a brain ...

The human brain holds a staggering number of connections, yet scientists have long struggled to explain how it stores so much ...

A randomized placebo controlled experiment shows that increasing noradrenaline during learning does not improve basic memory ...

Scientists have found that your brain separates memories into “what” and “where/when” using two different groups of neurons.

Scientists have uncovered a surprisingly large reserve of “silent synapses” in the adult brain—unused neural connections that can be rapidly activated to store new memories.

It is now understood that the hippocampus is closely linked to learning and memory (Doidge, 2015; Suzuki, 2015). However, this was not always the case. One prominent experiment investigating memory, ...

A machine-learning analysis of brain waves recorded during sleep may help identify people at high risk of developing dementia ...