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The benefits of taking a shower might be more than skin deep - and there's a reason why many people get their best ideas daydreaming there.

Scientists report certain people who feel lonely over a sustained period of time may experience elevated decline in verbal memory skills.

Among the trends in functional beverages are products that provide an edge in managing stress and support better focus and cognition.

Regular aerobic exercise such as walking, cycling or climbing stairs may improve thinking skills in young people as well.

One finding of this study is that as people’s fitness improved, their risk of Alzheimer’s disease decreased—it was not all-or-nothing.

A simple memory test could pick up the early signs of Alzheimer’s disease well before symptoms start to show, scientists say.

A large body of research suggests that, even before children begin formal education, they possess intuitive arithmetic abilities.

Headphones increase feelings of connectivity, empathy and engagement, reports a new study from UC San Diego, UCLA and UC Berkeley.

As human exploration of space reaches new horizons, understanding the effects of spaceflight on human brains is crucial.

Episodic memory is the kind that deals with events that happened to you in the past. It’s also one of the first to decline with age.

Dogs can recognize their owner by voice alone, and they make use of some of the same voice properties as humans do.

The findings indicate that some of the neurons detected are active exclusively during additions, while others are active during subtractions

Men and women who had maintained or increased their physical fitness during the study had better brain health.

The precise role of each subregion in the brain in real-time speech feedback has until now remained unclear.

The researchers provide a growth chart to assess brain development and aging, not only for children, but across the lifespan from 2 to 100.

The study finds video can clearly boost academic performance and in a form students wish to use and appreciate.

Research shows for the first time that in natural vision, visual memory of images is affected by the size of the image on the retina.

An Italian-Swiss team demonstrates children reading skills can be improved through a novel child-friendly action video game.

While you snooze, your brain continues to monitor the environment, balancing the need to protect sleep with the need to wake up.