Learn the new science of brain development and discover the importance of connections and learning for ongoing brain health.

Stressful study sessions help us pass exams, but curiosity promotes long-term understanding and information retention. In A ...

Physical rehabilitation and symptom management still remain the mainstay of treatment for stroke, as clot removal or ...

Have you ever wondered what causes forgetfulness and how to avoid it? Forgetfulness can have various causes, including stress ...

If television commercials and sales volume are any indication that people are worried about their brain health, then the answer is an unequivocal yes. It seems like you can't watch TV for more than a ...

Adults who followed aerobic exercise guidelines showed slower brain aging on MRI, offering clues for midlife brain health.

In the first study of its kind, neuroscientists have shown the real-world benefits that sunlight gives the brain, beyond ...

Scientists have found that blocking microglia (specialist immune cells in the brain) prevents infant forgetting ("infantile ...

"The brain is not fixed—like a muscle, it responds to training and care," Dr. Majid Fotuhi, MD, Ph.D., told Newsweek.

Babies of every species from mouse to human rapidly forget things that happen to them-an effect called infantile amnesia. A type of brain immune cell called microglia might control this type of ...

Neuroscientists are tracking the brain activity that underlies a cognitive breakthrough and unraveling how it might boost ...

For a long time, neuroscientists treated this forgetting as a cognitive glitch or a simple lack of brainware maturity. But a ...