Scientists have long known that the hippocampus is essential for forming new memories. It helps record where and when things ...

A French civil servant functioned normally with 90 percent of his brain missing. How is this possible? Research reveals ...

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

For families of children with severe epilepsy, controlling seizures is often just the beginning of their challenges. Even in ...

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

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 ...

"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 ...