A study in mice concluded that memory problems associated with age may be driven by our gut microbiome and that the vagus ...

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, ...

THC doesn’t just blur memories—it can create new ones that never happened. In a controlled experiment, cannabis users were much more likely to recall words that were never shown and struggled with ...

Memory is so much more than a storage unit in our minds. The people involved in memories influence what we recall and, as our study shows, the connections we make between memories. Our memory helps us ...

A team of researchers has shown that noninvasive electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve through the ear can reverse memory ...

A new study led by researchers at UC San Diego shows a certain protein detected in the blood can provide decades of early ...

The largest fMRI study to date finds that heavy cannabis use in young adults reduces brain activity and impairs working memory performance.

Remotely changing the composition of the gut microbiome by stimulating the vagus nerve, which sends signals from the gut to ...

Bad news for couch potatoes: New research released this week suggests that working out will not only improve your body, but keep your brain sharp as well. Researchers in Finland looked back at earlier ...

Several studies have indicated that forgotten memories may not be as irretrievable as once thought. Memory appears to be closely tied to the context in which it was encoded. Consequently, remembering ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, researchers found that the recruitment of neurons to memory circuits is preceded by a cascade of molecular events induced during learning, which ...