A brief bout of physical exercise can create "ripples" of activity in your brain that help you store and retrieve memories.

Scientists zeroed in on a lesser-known part of the brain that helps control both sleep cycles and memory.

With age comes a natural decline in cognitive function, even among otherwise healthy adults without dementia. A new study finds that a cognitive training program may boost production of a brain ...

While their top advice stood out, they also pointed to a handful of other daily decisions that make a difference over time.

Even more reason to schedule that early-morning workout ...

So don’t get stuck in your ways as you age. Castel writes in his book that even changing up your old habits — hiking a ...

Researchers at UC San Francisco have identified a protein, FTL1, that accelerates brain ageing. Experiments in mice show that ...

It is now understood that the hippocampus is closely linked to learning and memory (Doidge, 2015; Suzuki, 2015). However, this was not always the case. One prominent experiment investigating memory, ...

A machine-learning analysis of brain waves recorded during sleep may help identify people at high risk of developing dementia ...