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“Some degree of memory loss can be considered normal, especially with age,” Carmen Carrión, a neuropsychologist and an ...

By feeding this region of your brain new odors, research has found you can actually increase gray matter and ...

Scientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that ...

Drinking alcohol can also cause both short term and long term changes to your brain. Here’s what you need to know.

I was thirty-seven the first time it really scared me. I was telling a story to friends, mid-sentence, full confidence, when the word just… disappeared. Not a fancy word, either. A basic, everyday ...

Chronic stress and elevated cortisol levels can damage the body's natural rhythm and disrupt the part of the brain involved ...

A sudden flash of insight is a product of your brain. Neuroscientists track the neural activity underlying an “aha” and how ...

The brain is a complex organ that regulates everything you do. It sends and receives chemical and electrical signals through the body that control and coordinate thought, memory, emotion, ...

Food choices shape far more than your waistline, they influence how clearly your mind works each day. Certain everyday ...

We often fail at the simplest tasks. It’s not stupidity, it’s because your brain is ancient, but your behavior is not.