Most people accept that with ageing comes the inevitable decline of our brains. But now, fascinating new research is ...

Scientists have long studied the role of dopamine, a chemical in the brain that helps control learning and movement, in order ...

Sure, playing video game is fun. But the ability of tiny brain organoids to pick up a skill could provide insight into how ...

Computer programming powers modern society and enabled the artificial intelligence revolution, but little is known about how our brains learn this essential skill. To help answer that question, Johns ...

Orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) in green. Source: Paul Wicks/Wickemedia Commons In a groundbreaking discovery, neurocientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have captured brain images of active ...

The best ways to protect your cognitive health might surprise you.

Forget the myth of cognitive decline; new research and real-life "super-agers" prove that strategic thinking and memory can ...

Your brain is constantly evolving. Throughout your life, it reshapes, adjusts, and grows stronger in response to learning, new experiences, and your habits. This amazing shape-shifting ability is ...

Scientists have found that your brain separates memories into “what” and “where/when” using two different groups of neurons.

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People whose brain age is older than their actual chronological age by 10 years may have a 39% higher future risk of dementia ...