Neuroscientists are converging on a detailed picture of how the human brain carves continuous speech into words, drawing on ...

Lifelong learning can delay Alzheimer's by 5 years. New research explores the link between mental activity and dementia risk.

Engaging in a variety of intellectually stimulating activities throughout life, such as reading, writing and learning a language, is associated with a lower risk of Alzheimer's disease and slower ...

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 ...

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

Can computer exercises in your 70s protect you from dementia? A 20-year study found one specific type works—if you stick with ...

Help Register Login Login Hi, %{firstName}% Hi, %{firstName}% Games Car rental A new study suggests the answer may be yes. Research published Feb. 9 in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia found that ...

New research suggests the astringent sensation caused by flavanols could act as a direct signal to the brain, triggering ...

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

Human memory and attention are core cognitive functions that shape perception, learning, and decision-making. And whilst decades of research have provided ...

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon. This systematic review conducts a historical–comparative analysis of working memory (WM) across two eras of language learning ...

Research studying the effects of cannabis on the brain has often focused on adolescents, but a new study from CU Anschutz ...