Compared to novices, seasoned birders had denser, more structurally complex brain regions involved with tasks like object ...

Research into mice from UT Southwestern and other institutions shows brain cells help the body run farther and faster.

For people with severe motor impairments, a simple conversation can take minutes instead of seconds. Assistant Professor of Computer Science Dylan Gaines is developing technology to change that, ...

Aging is an inevitable biological process, but contrary to what you may have heard, cognitive decline is not. While changes in memory, focus and processing speed are often assumed to be a normal part ...

Memory loss can point in more than one direction. A patient may seem to fit Alzheimer’s disease, only to have signs that also ...

The brain, like any other organ, responds to how it is used. Researchers studying cognitive aging have spent decades testing whether specific mental challenges can slow or offset the decline that ...

A $3.3 million NIH-funded project at Pitt is exploring how brain metabolism shapes aging and cognitive decline. By linking ...

Discover how strength training can slow aging, boost energy, protect your heart and brain, and help you stay strong, healthy, ...

LATER IN LIFE. THE BRAIN LOVES MASTERY AND LOVES REPETITION. SO IF THERE’S SOMETHING THAT YOUR CHILD, ACADEMIC OR ARTISTIC OR OTHERWISE REALLY ENJOYS, YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY ENCOURAGE IT BECAUSE THAT’S ...

The brain's 'garbage disposal' system falters with age, a new study finds, with long-lived neurons offloading clumpy, old proteins onto other brain cells. Many of those proteins are involved in brain ...

A new paper published in Cell Reports, in which researchers work with primates, sheds some light on the question. Researchers ...

A newly identified gene mutation may help explain why schizophrenia patients struggle to update their understanding of ...