A brief period of exercise may do more for your brain than you expect. New research led by the University of Iowa shows that even a single workout can rapidly shift how your brain processes memory.

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

(Science Photo Library/Canva) Exercise works wonders throughout the human body, including the brain. Research suggests an ...

For almost a century, psychologists and neuroscientists have been trying to understand how humans memorize different types of ...

A new study offers hope for brain cancer patients facing memory loss from radiotherapy. By blocking a single immune receptor, scientists preserved cognition in mice without dulling the cancer-killing ...

A landmark international study that pooled brain scans and memory tests from thousands of adults has shed new light on how structural brain changes are tied to memory decline as people age. The ...

Scientists found microplastics in all examined human brains in a recent study, with highest levels discovered in dementia ...

Discover how the human brain stores memories. A new study reveals how content and context neurons work separately to create ...

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...