People with elevated stress levels are more likely to experience a decline in cognitive function, a new study found, affecting their capacity to remember, concentrate and learn new things.

One of the largest observational studies to date of ‘superagers’ – people in their eighties with the memory function of people decades younger – suggests they also move more quickly and ...

The type of estradiol-based hormone therapy taken during and after menopause, such as patches or pills, may be associated ...

Recently, researchers at UC Santa Barbara used modern laser microscopy techniques to observe how fluctuations in ovarian hormones shape both the structure and function of neurons in the mouse ...

Concept neurons are the building blocks of memory; (from left) Sina Mackay and Prof. Florian Mormann investigate the function of specialized nerve cells in memory formation.

A 50% decline in working memory and executive function among older adults in the United Kingdom during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic is linked to an increase in known risk factors for ...

The entrainment of theta brain waves with a commercially available device not only enhances theta wave activity, but also boosts memory performance, according to new research.

Forgetting in our day to day lives may feel annoying or, as we get older, a little frightening. But it is an entirely normal part of memory – enabling us to move on or make space for new ...

As a result, classes or functions are available that are recognized as non-memory safe and allow the programmer to perform a potentially unsafe memory management task," the NSA said.