Ever have your attention hijacked by something appealing? Research using alcohol cues reveals how this bias works.

There isn’t a hard line differentiating a false memory and simply misremembering where you put your keys. But, in general, ...

The big thinkers at Aperture explain the nostalgia effect and how memory shapes perception.

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Women face a significant loss of grey matter in the brain after menopause, which may explain why they are more likely to ...

Oxford's 2024 word of the year, 'brain rot,' describes the mental fog from excessive social media scrolling. Experts warn ...

Researchers find long COVID brain effects vary by country, suggesting many cases may go underrecognized in lower-resource ...

Amyloids are typically associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Huntington's and Parkinsons. They form tightly packed, highly stable "detrimental" protein fibers that destroy ...

A new study by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) sheds light on how lack of sleep affects the ...

You might say you have a "bad memory" because you don't remember what cake you had at your last birthday party or the plot of a movie you watched last month. On the other hand, you might precisely ...

Sleep appears to have emerged far earlier in animal evolution than previously thought, according to new research examining ...