Most everyday moments are quickly forgotten, while others stay with us for a lifetime. How the brain determines which ...

A new brain imaging study reveals that remembering facts and recalling life events activate nearly identical brain networks. Researchers expected clear differences but instead found strong overlap ...

The Journal Sentinel's science intern surveyed the newsroom on their common beliefs about how the brain works. See how you ...

The human brain, as the seat of mental life—from the most complicated intellectual processes down to routine and unconscious bodily control—is necessarily enormously complex. The largest part of the ...

Researchers have shown for the first time that malfunctioning mitochondria — the cell’s energy generators — may directly cause cognitive decline in neurodegenerative diseases. By creating a new tool ...

The same memory can feel vivid and accessible one moment, yet stubbornly out of reach the next - even when the memory itself remains intact. A research team led by Professor Hiroshi Nomura at the ...