Even a brief time spent on a bedside pedal device has positively impacted an area of the brain related to memory, according ...

Complex protein interactions at synapses are essential for memory formation in our brains, but the mechanisms behind these processes remain poorly understood. Now, researchers from Japan have ...

The brain does not only cooperate; it also competes. So determines an international study by the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, Pompeu Fabra University and the Montreal ...

Just 20 minutes of cycling led to more brain 'ripples', where groups of neurons sent strong bursts of electrical impulses, ...

Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior ...

Does the hippocampus only track location? A new study shows how the brain's memory center shifts activity between anterior ...

Memory loss often feels like something that arrives late in life. In reality, the story may begin much earlier, long before ...

Discover 25 everyday habits that are shrinking your brain right now. Learn how common daily choices impact cognitive health ...

Compared to novices, seasoned birders had denser, more structurally complex brain regions involved with tasks like object ...

Where does imagination come from? A new fMRI study in Neuron reveals that mental imagery emerges from the brain's association networks, not just sensory regions. Learn how the Default and Language ...

As more countries and U.S. states legalize cannabis, its use for medical and recreational purposes is growing, but its ...