For almost a century, budding neuroscientists have been taught that the headband-like strip of brain tissue over our ears ...

One of the world's leading brain research centers is shifting away from fruit flies and toward a tiny, transparent fish. The ...

Researchers have shown for the first time that malfunctioning mitochondria — the cell's energy generators — may directly cause cognitive decline in neurodegenerative diseases. By creating a new tool ...

In the final stages of his dementia, a long-lost memory from childhood returned, perfectly formed. What was going on in his brain? Images of the writer’s father in his childhood, from a family photo ...

The brain's memory center may come "prewired," rather than being built from scratch after birth, a new study in mice finds. The research, published in April in the journal Nature Communications, ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Astronauts' brains retain memory of gravity even after months in space, study finds Researchers working with 11 astronauts discovered that even in weightlessness, the brain continues to behave as if ...

Picture this: your brain is a high-performance engine. Over decades, it doesn't just wear down, it also starts to run hot. Tiny "fires" of inflammation smolder deep within the brain's memory center, ...

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Nvidia researchers have introduced a new technique that dramatically reduces how much memory large language models need to track conversation history — by as much as 20x — without modifying the model ...

A study suggests that 20 minutes of moderate cycling increases brain activity in the hippocampus, a region critical for learning and memory. This increased hippocampal activity may support memory ...