As a researcher investigating how electric brain stimulation can improve people's powers of recollection, I'm often asked how ...

A team from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro) has discovered that early and sustained cognitive stimulation can help preserve brain connectivity and memory in ...

A University of Iowa research team is aiming to treat conditions such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress ...

October 19, 2011 — New studies in animal models show not only that stimulating targeted regions of the brain improves spatial memory but also that neurogenesis explains, at least in part, this ...

Memory loss often feels like something that arrives late in life. In reality, the story may begin much earlier, long before symptoms appear. New research suggests that what happens in those earlier ...

A team of researchers has shown that noninvasive electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve through the ear can reverse memory deficits caused by acute stress in mice, pinpointing a specific protein ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Elizabeth Riley, Cornell University (THE CONVERSATION) Most people think of ...

Illustration of the basolateral amygdala (blue), hippocampus (yellow), and perirhinal cortex (pink) and electrical signals from each region during a recognition test trial. Source: Cory Inman, Emory ...

With aging comes change; wrinkles, gray hair, and height differences are all a part of the mix. But it’s not just the cosmetic transformations that people fear. According to a study from the Global ...

In popular culture, we usually associate "muscle memory" with tasks we do, or skills we learn, without much conscious thought ...