A late-maturing brain filter in the thalamus prunes noisy sensory inputs over time, helping adults ignore distractions and focus, offering a neural basis for growing wisdom.

Memory loss is often viewed as a brain problem, but the digestive system plays a major role. Research published in Nature shows that age-related bacterial changes disrupt nerve communication, and ...

After decades of slow progress in understanding and developing effective treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, scientists are ...

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At 66, I signed up for Italian classes not because I dreamed of Tuscany, but because I needed to prove that my mind was still capable of becoming something new — and what I found in that folding chair ...

You can get a personal trainer for your body, but what about your brain? Fortunately, there’s now an app for that — memoryOS. It gives users an average 70% increase in memory recall, and right now you ...

Social media posts and blog pages falsely claimed Thunberg had an aggressive form of glioblastoma, but no reputable outlet ...