Study maps five major eras of brain wiring from birth to old age, revealing the key turning points that shape how we learn, ...

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?

Researchers found three master genes that alter brain development in Down syndrome, offering new clues about learning and memory differences.

Not only do our brains appear to generate new neurons into adulthood, but those of superagers contain far more brain cells in development than those of healthy peers, new research has found. According ...

A pair of new studies have provided fresh evidence in the long-running scientific debate—and the result could be ...

A new study reveals a connection between early life trauma and adult brain aging. Adults reporting severe childhood stress ...

New research suggests that super-agers generate twice as many neurons as typical older adults. But you don't have to be a ...

This study uses a Bayesian framework to characterize latent brain state dynamics associated with memory encoding and performance in children, as measured with functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Studying the minds of octogenarians with surprising cognitive resilience shows how it's possible to maintain a youthful brain well into old age.

Adults whose brains still have strong neuron production seem to have better memory and cognitive function than do those in whom the ability wanes, finds a study published today in Nature. The authors ...

"Super-agers" seem to produce more new nerve cells in a brain region important for memory than other people their age ...

Many people’s brains deteriorate as they age, becoming riddled with malfunctioning proteins that result in cell death and the ...