A new study has examined the role of several cognitive functions in young students learning to write English, their second language. The study conducted a battery of cognitive tests, gauged the ...

Memory can be broken down into multiple types, including long-term memory, short-term memory, explicit and implicit memory, and working memory. Memory is a process in your brain that enables you to ...

We become forgetful as we age. This is often seen as a universal truth, but in fact it is far from universal: some people ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – For the first time, a Cornell University-led study in rats teases apart the role of the hippocampus in two functions of memory – one that remembers associations between time, place and ...

Memory loss is often viewed as a brain problem, but the digestive system plays a major role. Research published in Nature ...

There is a large market for brain health supplements (sometimes called nootropics or smart drugs). The market is expected to reach approximately 16 billion dollars by 2030. A major reason people use ...

Forget expensive supplements or complicated routines. You don’t need any of them to unlock the full potential of your brain.

As a primary care physician, I often have older patients come to me worried about dementia. They tell me they've been forgetting names or where they put their keys, and they're concerned that such ...