For decades, scientists have mapped attention, memory, language, and reasoning to separate brain networks — yet one big mystery remained: why does the mind feel like a single, unified system?

A recent study combining neuroscience and artificial intelligence (AI) sheds new light on how memory-related regions of the ...

A UCSF team finds a liver protein, released with exercise, that improves memory in aging and Alzheimer’s disease by repairing the brain’s blood vessels. It's the missing link between exercise and ...

Memory sits at the center of how we learn, work, and maintain relationships. It shapes identity, supports decision-making, ...

Cleveland scientists say they may have found a way to keep the brain sharp even after punishing rounds of whole-brain ...

Memory is a continually unfolding process. Initial details of an experience take shape in memory; the brain’s representation of that information then changes over time. With subsequent reactivations, ...

Some older adults with exceptional memory grow far more new neurons in the hippocampus, while Alzheimer’s brains show almost ...

A new study shows exercise releases a liver enzyme that repairs aging brain blood vessels and restores memory in mice.

Cocaine addiction isn’t simply a failure of willpower — it’s the result of lasting biological changes in the brain.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has seen a huge surge within just a few years. Apps like Microsoft Copilot promise to help you brainstorm and plan; ChatGPT offers help with homework and professional work ...

The largest fMRI study to date finds that heavy cannabis use in young adults reduces brain activity and impairs working memory performance.