Picture a star-shaped cell in the brain, stretching its spindly arms out to cradle the neurons around it. That's an astrocyte ...

You can use up all the storage on your phone or max out your computer's drive, but can you use up all the memory space in your brain? Despite how you might feel before an exam or after a sleepless ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Associate professor Dong Song (L) and first author Xiwei She (R) discuss their machine learning model. (CREDIT: USC) Scientists ...

Scientists have found that the precise timing of electrical activity in our brains determines how well we process the world around us. This new knowledge could have massive implications for how we ...

Forgotten where you put your keys again? Blanked on your neighbor’s name mid-conversation? While these momentary mental hiccups happen to everyone, they can trigger that nagging worry about what they ...

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 ...

Patients with traumatic brain injuries who complete computerized cognitive games show improved neuroplasticity and cognitive performance.

A 20-year follow-up of the ACTIVE study found that older adults who did speed-based cognitive training, especially with later ...