Your nose’s superpower is thanks to a “superhighway” that leads directly into your brain. The olfactory system runs straight to the hippocampus, or your memory hub, whereas other sensory systems have ...

Brain scans of thousands of people revealed that the human brain has five distinct eras, with turning points in the way it is ...

New research suggests Alzheimer’s may start far earlier than previously thought, driven by a hidden toxic protein in the brain. Scientists found that an experimental drug, NU-9, blocks this early ...

Mental health services force electroshock, rarely asking about causes like childhood adversities and recent stressors; few ...

Artificial sweeteners are widely found in American diets, marketed as low-calorie alternatives to sugar for weight management.

Blood tests also showed a 52% drop in leptin, a hormone linked to both appetite and mood, and a 32% rise in brain-derived ...

This real-world study shows that recent and habitual light exposure are linked to lower subjective sleepiness and faster ...

Dame Judi Dench recently celebrated her 91st birthday and impressed everyone by reciting several Shakespearean soliloquies from memory.

Seedtag’s Sherry Mansour explains how neuro-contextual AI is redefining relevance, bringing human emotions back to ...

Recent research indicates that bodily inflammation may disrupt the brain’s ability to process rewards and risks in American Indian adults who have experienced depression. The study found that higher ...

Listening to music immediately after learning new information may help improve memory retention in older adults and ...

Alzheimer’s association Nearly 120 years ago, the first case of Alzheimer’s disease was diagnosed by Dr. Alois Alzheimer. Today, as nearly 21,000 Montanans among more than 7.4 million people in the U.