Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, perception, memory, language, and thought have been mapped onto distinct brain ...

A new study into how different parts of memory work in the brain has shown that the same brain areas are involved in ...

A surprising new brain study suggests that remembering life events and recalling facts may rely on the same neural machinery.

For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that the adult human brain was largely fixed. According to this view, the ...

Why some memories persist while others vanish has fascinated scientists for more than a century. Now, new research from the ...

A massive international brain study has revealed that memory decline with age isn’t driven by a single brain region or gene, ...

A new study challenges the long-standing belief that episodic and semantic memory rely on distinct brain systems.

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

A landmark international study that pooled brain scans and memory tests from thousands of adults has shed new light on how structural brain changes are tied to memory decline as people age. The ...

A neuroscientist survey shows that 40 percent think it might be possible to preserve a human brain, potentially well enough ...