Menopause does more than change the body; it also alters key brain areas linked to memory and emotions, according to a recent ...

A surprising new brain study suggests that remembering life events and recalling facts may rely on the same neural machinery.

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Grandparenting is good for the aging brain, potentially serving as a buffer against cognitive decline, according to findings ...

Despite lacking a hippocampus entirely—and having diverged from the mammalian lineage roughly 400 million years ago—larval ...

Concerned about dementia risk? It may be time to shake up your exercise routine.

A new study challenges the long-standing belief that episodic and semantic memory rely on distinct brain systems.

Brain donors with stage IV CTE pathology and no other progressive brain disease had four times the odds of a dementia ...

Climber Alex Honnold is set to scale one of the world's tallest buildings without any ropes or safety nets.

Arteries become clogged. Blood flow is restricted and oxygen is cut off. The result is a heart attack, the world's leading cause of death.

The team’s research provides compelling evidence for the brain’s influence on physiology. A deeper understanding of this mind ...

Increasing activity in a deep-brain region can boost the immune system’s response to vaccines —and people can be trained to ...