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

Vascular dementia is a decline in memory, thinking skills, and self-care that occurs due to strokes in the areas of the brain ...

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.

The decline of brain abilities with age is not inevitable. Thanks to progress in neuroscience, an important discovery shows ...

It’s no secret that aerobic exercise can help stave off some of the ravages of aging. But a growing body of research suggests ...

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, ...

Your brain isn’t just an organ; it’s your body’s most dynamic storyteller, constantly firing, repairing, and rewriting itself ...

Breath during sleep be a key component that helps the brain's memory hub do the best job possible to store and reinforce those memory.

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

Many medications can cause memory loss, including benzodiazepines, opioids, certain antidepressants, and antihistamines.

A large genetic study found people with gene variants that lower certain cholesterol pathways had a markedly lower chance of ...