While diet changes have long been credited for long-term health benefits, it's not often for brain health. A new UNC study ...

Memory can be broken down into multiple types, including long-term memory, short-term memory, explicit and implicit memory, and working memory. Memory is a process in your brain that enables you to ...

Using optogenetics techniques, scientists from Max Planck Florida Institute of Neuroscience identified a new pathway for forming long-term memories in the brain. Their findings suggest that long-term ...

Researchers have found that a natural aging-related molecule can repair key memory processes affected by Alzheimer’s disease.

Researchers are testing a new approach to repair early memory loss by protecting brain connections affected in Alzheimer’s ...

Abnormal behavior during rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep may signal deteriorating cognitive ability, a local study showed ...

In a world where cannabis is increasingly legalized and normalized, questions about its effects on the brain have never been more pressing. A recent study, the largest and most comprehensive of its ...

Manipulating important non-neuronal brain cells called astrocytes using light prevented fear memories from being retained long-term, according to new research. The findings add to growing evidence ...

In a recent study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, a group of researchers investigated the associations between lifetime heavy cannabis use, recent use, and brain activation during ...