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

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An NYU team uses machine learning to analyze neural activity data and uncover how speech is produced. In a recent paper ...

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.

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

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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 ...