Age-related memory decline and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's are often thought of as irreversible. But the ...

Age can make memory feel like something that only moves in one direction. A name slips away. A route you know well turns ...

Age-related memory decline and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's are often thought of as irreversible. But the brain is not static; neurons continually adjust the strength of their ...

Past studies in animals have shown that a highly processed diet is linked to memory problems and inflammation in the aged ...

A study finds that people who stay mentally active through reading, writing, and learning may have a lower risk of ...

For decades, most scientists treated the spinal cord as little more than a biological cable. The brain gave orders, the ...

Just as for humans, sufficient sleep supports learning and coping for horses. A recent study at the University of Helsinki indicates that short periods of REM sleep impair horses' perseverance and ...

The new study says that engaging in activities like reading, writing and learning a language can help to lower the risk of ...

One may dismiss it as a pass time, but brain exercises are now emerging as powerful tools for preserving your cognitive health and mental well-being. From puzzles to change in the routine, engaging ...

A multi-institutional team of researchers led by Virginia Tech's Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC has for the first time identified specific patterns of brain chemical activity that predict ...

On the flip side, sleep also may be used to supercharge your memories and improve your recall. “In part, while we are ...

The hunt is on for anything that can surmount AI’s perennial memory wall–even quick models are bogged down by the time and energy needed to carry data between processor and memory. Resistive RAM (RRAM ...