The brain’s memory center may begin life more like a crowded web than an empty canvas. Researchers discovered that early ...

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You look up from your phone screen and suddenly realize you weren't thinking about anything. It's not a lapse in memory or a daydream; it's literally a moment when you're not thinking of anything at ...

Much of the ammunition in the battle over Terri Schiavo’s fate has been medical language that’s fairly new in the public realm. The terms can mean one thing to experts and another thing entirely when ...

Scientists found that mouse memory circuits start with many connections and then become more selective over time.

Many people fear that a family history of dementia dooms them to inevitably suffer the condition themselves. But a new tool, ...

The hippocampus follows a "tabula plena" model, starting with dense, random connections that are pruned into an efficient ...

When the mind goes blank it often feels like someone pulled the plug on your thoughts. One moment you are speaking, working, or recalling information, and the next, there is only silence. This does ...