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We can account for the evolution of consciousness only if we crack the philosophy, as well as the physics, of the brain

A new study has found that consuming wasabi daily could be a tasty way to improve memory, cognitive performance and mental processing skills in older people.

Time’s elasticity is part of how we process it.

Nutritional supplementation could support developmental myelination, a critical process in learning and development, in growing infants and young children, according to a new industry funded study.

Older patients with higher triglyceride levels, mostly within the normal to high range, had lower risk of dementia and slower cognitive decline over time than those with lower triglyceride levels.

1. In this randomized controlled trial, improvements in episodic memory in older adults who underwent a moderate-intensity exercise program were mediated by baseline sleep efficiency—those with lower sleep efficiency demonstrated greater improvements in episodic memory following the treatment. 2. However, there were no differences in sleep parameters, including duration, sleep efficiency, and sleep onset latency,

New data from TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2 show robust amyloid clearance with donanemab in APOE4 carriers and noncarriers, mitigating the risk of disease progression and dependency.

Pigeons have turned out to be feathered “Einsteins” after demonstrating their innate ability to perform several visual tasks. Such findings hint at natures efficient algorithms and might provide applicable insights into understanding brain-related injuries.

An investigational dual PPAR agonist modifies Alzheimers pathology and shows cognitive benefit in adults with mild-to-moderate disease and high plasma pTau-217 ratio, early data show.

Children who were more physically active at age 10 years had increased brain volume in regions of the brain involved in cognition, emotion, learning, and psychiatric illness.