The brain is our body’s command center, the control tower for our body and mind—no wonder it’s the focus of intense research ...

Have you ever put your keys down and then completely forgotten where to find them? The brain has to work hard to protect information in your working memory from distractions. How this process works ...

The hippocampus serves as the primary learning and memory center of the brain, but this is not where our memories are held. Rather, memory traces or engrams are represented by the connections between ...

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

Researchers have identified the specific cell group in the brain that plays a central role in our ability to discriminate familiar and novel things, which is called recognition memory. This discovery ...

How we focus our attention before we even see an object matters. For example, when we look for something moving in the sky, our expectation would be very different if the object is a bird flying past ...

It turns out your brain might not be the only part of your body that remembers. Scientists at NYU have found that cells outside the brain—like those from your kidneys—can actually "learn" and form ...

Caring for your brain health should start at an early age and not when you are growing old. Here are simple lifestyle changes ...

Discover what science says about "SuperAgers" and the lifestyle strategies you can adopt to support your brain's health.

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

That crossword puzzle you’ve been diligently completing every morning might not be the brain insurance you think it is. As memory concerns top the list of aging anxieties, brain training apps and ...