People with dyslexia often struggle with the ability to accurately decode and identify what they read. Although disrupted processing of...
While stimulants may improve unengaged workers’ performance, a new University of British Columbia study suggests that for others, caffeine and...
A clinical trial of an Alzheimer’s disease treatment developed found that the nutrient cocktail can improve memory in patients with early Alzheimer’s. The mixture appears to increase the number of dendritic spines and therefore some synapses.
This is your brain on sugar: UCLA study shows high-fructose diet sabotages learning, memory. [Corrections: The UCLA Newsroom has made...
Fear responses can only be erased when people learn something new while retrieving the fear memory according to a new study.
Fifteen years ago, textbooks on human development stated that babies 6 months of age or younger had no sense of...
A large study of 70-year-olds born in either 1901-1902, or 1930, provides evidence that the population of 70-year-olds in 2000 did much better on intelligence tests than the 70-year-olds of 1971-72.
Honeybees can reverse brain aging and learning deficits when they take on nest responsibilities usually done by younger bees. Findings suggest social interventions may be used to slow or treat age-related dementia.
The more depressed a person is, the harder it is for them to distinguish between similar items or experiences, a new study finds.
Adapting two dimensional culture methods to grow 3-D neuron structures from induced pluripotent stem cells, researchers may be able to model and study neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease.
Scripps Research Institute Team Wrests Partial Control of a Memory The work advances understanding of how memories form and offers...
A new study indicates periods of rest can help boost memory performance.
