When asked the other day about a bakery near my home, I responded that I'd recently eaten its mouth-watering chocolate chip cookies. My wife corrected me, noting that the cookies I ate were actually ...

In our anti-aging obsessed culture, it's easy to fall into the trap of believing that aging is inherently bad. But, according to new research conducted at Yale University, those very beliefs can have ...

Consumption of flavonols may preserve memory and cognition over time, new research suggests. Three specific components of flavonols in particular — kaempferol, myricetin, and quercetin — were ...

Exercise has been shown to boost cognition immediately and over the long-term, as well as helping to prevent a number of ...

Research indicates that human memory and cognition exhibit a robust preference for animate over inanimate stimuli. This animacy effect is evident across multiple experimental paradigms, including free ...

A new study has discovered the important role that a subset of microglia, the brain’s immune cells, plays in early brain development, cognition and memory. The finding gives us a better understanding ...

A new study has revealed that neural inhibition and balanced neural activity in a specific area of the brain is required for ...

Looking for better focus and mental clarity? This guide breaks down the top nootropics, what they do well, where they fall ...

Share on Pinterest Flavanol consumption may boost cognitive abilities in older adults, according to new research findings. Lumina/Stocksy Flavanol consumption may boost cognitive abilities in some ...

Objective To evaluate systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on the effects of exercise on general cognition, memory and executive function across all populations and ages. Methods ...