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 ...

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

Researchers from Sweden have discovered that the human brain continues to grow new cells in the memory region—called the hippocampus—even into old age. Using advanced tools to examine brain samples ...

Suppression of fear-related memories after unpleasant experiences is very critical for adaptive behavior, as it allows one to inhibit responses that could lead to psychiatric problems such as anxiety ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

When we lose ourselves in nature, art, or meditation, the brain is reshaped, changing how we sense, remember, and feel.

"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 ...