A new study suggests that taking a two-hour nap during a night shift may help restore brain function and memory in nurses.

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 ...

A new protein sensor lets researchers see incoming brain signals, revealing how neurons process information tied to memory ...

A minority of people have hyperthymesia, or highly superior autobiographical memory, so they can remember events in their lives in cinematic detail. While researchers don’t yet know how rare ability ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, led by Bindu Paul, an associate professor of pharmacology, psychiatry and neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, reported new evidence ...

Want to Boost Your Brain Health? Here are effective 5-minute brain workouts designed to boost memory, improve focus, and ...

Do you ever wonder about your brain health? Especially as we start to get older, it can be very easy to start questioning if our brains are in top working order — those moments we all have of ...

Matthew Mundy does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

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