Scientists have long known that the hippocampus is essential for forming new memories. It helps record where and when things ...

The brain is our body’s command center, the control tower for our body and mind—no wonder it’s the focus of intense research ...

Recent research has unearthed an intriguing connection between music and brain health. Specifically, playing a musical ...

The hippocampus serves as the primary learning and memory center of the brain, but this is not where our memories are held. Rather, memory traces or engrams are represented by the connections between ...

Have you ever put your keys down and then completely forgotten where to find them? The brain has to work hard to protect information in your working memory from distractions. How this process works ...

Recent research reveals that a blank mind may be closer to your brain’s default setting, while thinking and imagining are add ...

Exergaming may positively impact gray matter and white matter in the brain, and these brain changes may be linked to ...

A new study from UNC School of Medicine researchers, published this week in Neuron, reveals a unique look at how junk food ...

And nicotine really is addictive. The dopamine it stimulates, particularly in a brain area called the nucleus accumbens, ...

A French civil servant functioned normally with 90 percent of his brain missing. How is this possible? Research reveals ...

Anyone who has taken a yoga class knows how relaxing it can be to set aside the day's worries and focus on breathing, gentle ...