The brain is often described as a dense forest of connections, and for years scientists have searched for ways to trim that ...

Watching fragmented short videos rather than a single continuous video leads to poorer memory recall and alters how the brain retrieves information. A recent experiment revealed that fast-paced ...

When I was a high school student, my maternal grandmother was diagnosed with dementia. This became a reality after her husband died. My mom moved her into our home thinking we might be able to keep ...

Associate Professor Sajikumar Sreedharan and Dr Wong Lik-Wei in front of their electrophysiology setup, with hippocampal signals recorded from sleep-deprived laboratory models. Researchers at the Yong ...

Working memory is a cognitive function that is essential for carrying out everyday activities and temporarily retaining information. This process enables us to understand information, learn and manage ...

What is notable is the specificity of this response. Caffeine did not simply increase overall brain activity or enhance ...

Every time you brace your abs to lift a bag of groceries or hold a plank, your abdominal muscles do more than stabilize your ...

Stress worsens sleep quality and can impair memory. Shinjae Chung, from the University of Pennsylvania, led a study to explore a neural pathway in male mice that stress may influence to cause sleep ...

In an era dominated by keyboards and touchscreens, the ancient practice of putting pen to paper has become increasingly rare. Many view handwriting as merely a slower, less efficient method of ...