Researchers measured acetylcholine production in participants' brains at the beginning and end of the 10-week trial.

Playing certain brain-training games may boost production of a neurotransmitter responsible for attention and focus, ...

Creative activities like dancing, painting, or gaming may help keep your brain younger by strengthening brain connections. Even beginners benefit—short bursts of creative learning, such as a few ...

According to the newest theory of aging and memory, you can build your brain power through a process called "scaffolding." As we get older, some of our neural circuits don't work as well they used to.

A new study published in Nature Neuroscience suggests that the human brain may organize its many cognitive functions by ...

Some of us reach for a cup of coffee to jumpstart the morning, while others swear by meditation or a cold shower. But what if the secret to better brainpower might lie in what you sprinkle on your ...

The team pinpointed the exact moment mice learned a new skill by observing the activity of individual neurons, confirming earlier work that suggested animals are fast learners that purposely test the ...