New research suggests that the body’s internal chemistry may quietly shape how well people learn, remember, and even unlearn ...

When humans tackle many everyday tasks, ranging from driving to completing household chores and work assignments, they rely ...

Summary: A human intracranial recording study reveals that memory consolidation during sleep depends on precise, coordinated activity among three brain regions: the orbitofrontal cortex, the thalamus, ...

Branchlike structures called dendrites that extend from neurons appear to make their own computations independent of the cell ...

A medication used to treat chronic constipation may also help people who have recovered from depression.

Memory is so much more than a storage unit in our minds. The people involved in memories influence what we recall and, as our study shows, the connections we make between memories. Our memory helps us ...

A dementia study that followed 16,010 women for decades found one clear eating pattern tied to slower memory decline. The ...