Navigating a busy street, a new city, or even your own home requires more than just memory of landmarks. Deep inside your brain, specialized networks act like a compass, constantly recalibrating so ...

Scientists have, for the first time, identified the brain signals linked to extinguishing fear memories in humans.

Skoltech scientists have devised a mathematical model of memory. By analyzing its new model, the team came to surprising ...

A study suggests that even if an individual is asleep, their brain might not be. It is based on an exercise where researchers ...

"The combined amount of evidence implicates sleep in a bi-directional relationship with dementia, meaning that poor sleep earlier in life may contribute to increased risk of dementia, but also early ...

The human brain consumes approximately 20% of your daily caloric intake, making nutrition one of the most powerful tools for enhancing cognitive function and memory. While the brain requires ...

A person will have Alzheimer’s years before ever knowing it. The disorientating erasure of memories, language, thoughts — in ...

For decades, scientists have worked to peer deeper into the brain. They have wanted to see not just surface activity in the ...