While our genes play a key role in determining our cognitive aging, our general health also plays a big factor.

It’s frustrating when you try to hunker down to tackle a project, only to have your mind wander. If this happens more than ...

Scientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that ...

Lonni Sue Johnson’s amnesia is revealing important connections between memory, personality, and consciousness.

Currently, on free tiers, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google all limit how many times per day you can message their top reasoning models. Once this is exhausted, they default to cheaper and less capable ...

Mizzou scientists are exploring how a ketogenic diet may protect the brain and prevent Alzheimer’s in people genetically predisposed to it. Their study found that female mice with the APOE4 gene ...

Lasers operate in a University at Albany lab in the RNA Institute at UAlbany on Dec. 19, 2022, where chemistry professor Igor Lednev and his son, Alex, are working on a procedure to rapidly detect ...

Memory is essential for identity, confidence and independence; yet memory loss is far more common than we realize. Mild cognitive impairment affects roughly one in five older adults. At the same time, ...

Iowa State football's offense is clicking against Arizona, so much so that the Cyclones are getting creative. Leading 29-7 midway through the third quarter, ISU called a trick play in which a motion ...

True photographic memory as depicted in pop culture doesn’t exist. That’s because too much detail would defeat our ability to make a quick decision based on experience. However, some people have ...

A new study from researchers at The University of Texas at Austin reveals that following a low-calorie or low-carbohydrate diet can measurably lower levels of brain chemicals that, when too high, are ...