Researchers have identified a brain protein whose absence leads to memory loss and Alzheimer’s-like damage in mice.

We often think of memory as stable—a mental archive that stores experiences in neat, retrievable files. But what if those files quietly shift positions, even when the original experience hasn’t ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, led by Bindu Paul, an associate professor of pharmacology, psychiatry and neuroscience ...

Our thoughts are specified by our knowledge and plans, yet our cognition can also be fast and flexible in handling new information. How does the well-controlled and yet highly nimble nature of ...

Anyone who makes a habit of losing their keys has a new excuse: you didn’t forget — your memory just moved. That’s courtesy of neuroscientists at Northwestern University, who recently published a ...

To keep his brain healthy and memory sharp, Baibing Chen avoids a few things. He is a neurologist and epileptologist ...

Neuroscience research shows handwriting activates more brain regions than typing, improving memory retention, learning depth ...

Neuroinflammation, a prolonged activation of the brain's immune system prompted by infections or other factors, has been linked to the disruption of normal mental functions. Past studies, for instance ...