Your brain replays awkward moments not to punish you, but to protect you—it's just doing what evolution trained it to do.

A classic Harvard study shows the impact of overestimating your ability to control outcomes, especially when you experience early success.

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A team of researchers has discovered that a protein called cypin plays a powerful role in helping brain cells connect and ...

If you or a loved one is over the age of 65, and has had serious changes in cognition or memory lately, then it's important ...

A new study finds that positive emotions boost learning by strengthening neural patterns during repeated study, leading to ...

Discover why the myth of multitasking while learning weakens focus, and performance and how single-tasking enhances learning.

Humans can remember various types of information, including facts, dates, events and even intricate narratives. Understanding ...

It's a common experience we all go through but often wonder why - and it turns out there is a scientific reason for forgetting why you entered a room and it doesn't mean you are getting more forgetful ...

A novel MRI-based ‘aging’ clock may offer a simple way to identify patients whose biological age is outpacing their ...

Memory helps us make sense of the present by retrieving past experiences based on either surface-level similarities or deeper ...

Both men and women report higher sexual satisfaction with aging, but women may especially benefit. One study found that women ...