Researchers found cells that ‘fired’ in pattern that mirrored mileage clock by ticking along with distance travelled ...

A new study in Nature demonstrated a link between the mineral lithium in the brain and Alzheimer’s disease.

Challenge your mind. Like a muscle, the brain strengthens with use. Mander suggests learning a new language, playing music, ...

Fruit fly study shows high-fat diets impair memory in days by jamming the brain’s cleanup system. Damage reversed when cells’ ...

Given the complexity of the process, it’s astonishing any human has ever mastered the ability to read. Although written ...

College of Pharmacy Professor Jaime Ross has discovered that cognitive decline occurs in a sex-dependent manner, mirroring patterns observed in humans. Tiny fragments of plastic, known as ...

A research team has identified, for the first time in humans, and in a realistic environment, a key neurophysiological mechanism in memory formation: ripple-type brain waves—high-frequency electrical ...

Our brains may work best when teetering on the edge of chaos. A new theory suggests that criticality a sweet spot between order and randomness is the secret to learning, memory, and adaptability. When ...

Researchers at The University of Manchester's National Graphene Institute have developed a new class of programmable nanofluidic memristors that mimic the memory functions of the human brain, paving ...

Scientists have successfully identified the brain's mileage clock by studying the brain activity of running rats, a ...