A brief afternoon nap may reset key brain processes, helping the mind stay flexible, focused, and ready to learn.

A large, long-term study found that playing a brain training video game may help protect the brain against dementia for ...

Brain training reduces dementia risk by 25% over 20 years, long-term study finds. Cognitive speed training shows lasting ...

A single clear image can rewire the visual brain, making later recognition faster without relying on memory systems.

A team of researchers in Japan has developed an artificial intelligence tool called YORU that can identify specific animal ...

A multi-institutional team of researchers led by Virginia Tech's Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC has for the first time identified specific patterns of brain chemical activity that predict ...

Age-related memory decline and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's are often thought of as irreversible. But the ...

Lifelong learning can delay Alzheimer's by 5 years. New research explores the link between mental activity and dementia risk.

Handwriting requirements were cut from school curricula around the world. Now it’s looping back, riding on a wave of evidence.

Scientists discovered that two brain chemicals in honey bees can predict how fast they will learn, offering new insight into ...

On a simple math task - indicating which of two amounts is greater - kids with math learning disability get the right answer ...

“When learning your first language or a second language, you are using the hippocampus, which is responsible for learning and ...