A new discovery by McGill researchers sheds light on how we retain memories over time, even though brain activity is constantly changing. Published in Nature, the preclinical study found the brain's ...

The study analyzed the evolution of white matter hyperintensities (WMH), lesions typically associated with cerebral vascular ...

People often seem to understand language before they have actually heard enough words to determine its structure. In everyday ...

One of the two participants wrote words up to a speed similar to an able-bodied person texting on a smartphone ...

Birdwatching isn’t just a pleasant hobby. New research suggests it sharpens attention, boosts resilience, and could even delay cognitive decline.

For decades, scientists have struggled to understand exactly how years of taking hits to the head while playing sports can translate into severe memory loss and dementia later in life. The work is a ...

The phrase "eye stroke" has recently appeared in news reports about a very rare side effect of weight-loss injections. It's ...

The phenomenon of inattentional blindness seems to show you can see without the information crossing into your consciousness.

An optician has shared four little-known signs of meningitis that can manifest in the eye, which could easily be "overlooked" ...

A man who was diagnosed with MS at the age of 26 after experiencing vision loss and falling over on a lads’ holiday in Ibiza said the disease has caused a “loss of identity”. George Mckinty, now 30, ...

"It’s the loss of identity, that’s the worst challenge overall. You have to become confident in saying no. People say: 'Don’t ...

A diet focused on the best foods for brain health slowed aging in key parts of the brain by over 2 years, a new study found.