As a researcher investigating how electric brain stimulation can improve people's powers of recollection, I'm often asked how ...

Decades of research has found that exercise is helpful for overall health and fitness, doing everything from lowering your risk of heart disease to helping you sleep better. According to a new study, ...

Healthy habits, including exercise, a good diet and getting enough sleep, can pay big dividends on improving memory function ...

The short-term boost our brains get after we do exercise persists throughout the following day, suggests a new study. The short-term boost our brains get after we do exercise persists throughout the ...

Practicing mindfulness meditation for just a week can improve a person’s ability to remember to do things at a specific time ...

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Using optogenetics techniques, scientists from Max Planck Florida Institute of Neuroscience identified a new pathway for forming long-term memories in the brain. Their findings suggest that long-term ...