A randomized placebo controlled experiment shows that increasing noradrenaline during learning does not improve basic memory accuracy but increases the spread of associations across the hippocampal ...

Researchers challenge the "efficiency" theory of the brain, showing that neurons become more coordinated and share more information as learning occurs.

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Handwriting engages motor, language, and attention systems, activating the brain more fully than typing. Writing by hand ...

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco have found that machine-learning analysis of brain waves recorded during sleep can identify women at risk of cognitive decline up to five ...

To understand why, the team looked at the MRI scans.

A machine-learning analysis of brain waves recorded during sleep may help identify people at high risk of developing dementia, according to a study led by UC San Francisco and Beth Israel Deaconess ...

Stretching your brain might be the better description. Do a crossword puzzle a day and you may just get good at crosswords. Instead, research increasingly shows that a variety of habits and hobbies ...

TORONTO, March 19, 2026 /CNW/ - The Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) is investing $640,000 in eight new projects through its Centre for Analytics (CfA). The projects create tools to accelerate research, ...