Eating flavanol-rich foods like dark chocolate or berries may boost memory performance. How? By synchronizing stress hormones with the brain’s natural window for locking in new information, according ...

Newly decoded brain circuits make memories more stable as part of learning, according to a new study led by NYU Langone ...

Our experiences leave traces in the brain, stored in small groups of cells called "engrams". Engrams are thought to hold the ...

Impulsivity, or acting before thinking, is a well-known ADHD symptom. It can cause people to interrupt, blurt out ideas, ...

Introduction The number of people living with dementia is increasing worldwide. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia. It typically manifests itself initially with cognitive ...

New research reveals that child maltreatment leaves measurable biological “scars” on DNA, altering brain structure and function.

ADHD contributes to these moments because the disorder affects executive functioning, which is the brain’s “management system ...

Social media could be costing your tween some of their brain power, a new study says. Children between 9 and 13 years of age who spent more time on social media performed worse on tests of reading, ...

Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That's according to ...

A clever routine where the spectator is asked to remember a card—only to discover it has changed or moved. This interactive magic trick plays with memory, attention, and subtle sleight of hand to ...

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