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For years, scientists believed that our first memories vanished because the brain wasn’t developed enough to store them. But ...

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According to researchers, the area of the brain linked to smell is one of the first to be affected by Alzheimer's.

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Columbia scientists mapped brain mitochondria for the first time, revealing how energy shapes memory, mood, and mental health ...

BY the year 2040, 1.4million people are expected to be living with dementia.  It’s a huge jump from the current number of sufferers, which sits at around 982,000 according to the Alzheimer’s ...

A groundbreaking new study finds that just two weeks of going internet-free on your smartphone can reverse a decade of ...

Visual encoding and memory play pivotal roles in how humans and other animals interact with and understand their surroundings. These processes allow ...

New structural markers of memory storage uncovered by Scripps Research may pave the way for new treatments for memory loss.

Although we know a lot about the brain and what it does, we still have much left to learn about the most complex organ in the ...

Huntington’s disease is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder that causes problems with movement, behavior, and cognitive ...