Challenge your mind. Like a muscle, the brain strengthens with use. Mander suggests learning a new language, playing music, ...

Here in the valley of my mid-50s, I try not to get into a swivet over my occasionally faulty memory: Sometimes the mind has a mind of its own. But when I read this chilling passage — “I am dementing.

Researchers discovered how the brain flexibly switches communication pathways depending on context, balancing between memory ...

Just as a whiff of pumpkin pie can unleash powerful memories of holiday dinners, the stimulation of a tiny number of neurons can evoke entire memories, new research in mice suggests. Memories are ...

Remember walking in to start your first job out of college? Or that diner you stopped in when you were on a road trip with your friends? The way the sky looked when you made that one perfect ski run, ...

Recent advances in cognitive development research have shed considerable light on how children encode, consolidate and retrieve information from their everyday experiences. Studies have demonstrated ...

When construction worker Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) wants to experience the thrills of visiting Mars without actually going, he turns to Rekall, a company which implants false memories in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A cohort of healthy midlife adults were randomized to eat both low- and high-sugar diets for 10 days. The ...

Thirty-five years since Total Recall landed in cinemas, screenwriter Gary Goldman has a memory of director Paul Verhoeven pulling out a huge box. “Paul scared me!” Goldman says, remembering the ...