Helping other people has always been framed as a moral choice, but a growing body of research suggests it might also be one of the most practical ways to keep the brain sharp with age. Instead of an ...

Stressful study sessions help us pass exams, but curiosity promotes long-term understanding and information retention. In A ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

We don't often think of where someone lives as having an impact on their chances of developing dementia, but it seems like this is true for women. With dementia becoming ever more prevalent, many ...

A massive international brain study has revealed that memory decline with age isn’t driven by a single brain region or gene, but by widespread structural changes across the brain that build up over ...