The human brain holds a staggering number of connections, yet scientists have long struggled to explain how it stores so much ...

Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior ...

New research reveals how physical activity may directly preserve brain structure and support memory function as you age.

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Nelson Dellis credits techniques like the method of loci for his extraordinary memory. Now, brain scans have revealed the ...

In a recent study published in Science Advances, a group of researchers assessed whether dendritic spine head diameter in the temporal cortex is a better predictor of episodic memory performance in ...

Where does imagination come from? A new fMRI study in Neuron reveals that mental imagery emerges from the brain's association ...

Greater adherence to the MIND diet was consistently linked to slower brain atrophy over the 12-year follow-up period.

The extreme mental and physical fatigue brought on by long COVID may be a result of structural changes in the brain, new research suggests. These observable changes not only promise to improve the ...

Our brain health depends on where and how we live. This study shows how environment and society shape brain aging.