You can use up all the storage on your phone or max out your computer's drive, but can you use up all the memory space in your brain? Despite how you might feel before an exam or after a sleepless ...

A massive international brain study has revealed that memory decline with age isn’t driven by a single brain region or gene, but by widespread structural changes across the brain that build up over ...

Memory can be broken down into multiple types, including long-term memory, short-term memory, explicit and implicit memory, and working memory. Memory is a process in your brain that enables you to ...

Virginia Tech researchers have shown that memory loss in aging may be reversible. Using CRISPR tools, they corrected molecular disruptions in the hippocampus and amygdala, restoring memory in older ...

A 20-year follow-up of the ACTIVE study found that older adults who did speed-based cognitive training, especially with later ...

A large, long-term study found that playing a brain training video game may help protect the brain against dementia for ...

Forgotten where you put your keys again? Blanked on your neighbor’s name mid-conversation? While these momentary mental hiccups happen to everyone, they can trigger that nagging worry about what they ...

The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and send information and commands throughout the brain and the nervous system.