Mind and Memory

How you spend your leisure time can play a powerful role in protecting your brain from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease....

A look at the neuroscience of our most human traits—love, anger, compassion—and how to harness your mental muscle for a...

Experts say everyone has the capacity to be creative, but many of our daily thoughts and actions may subtly sabotage...

Creativity isn’t an all-or-nothing proposition. The latest psychological research shows that simple tweaks to your environment and behavior can make...

Based on a formula by leading cognition experts, we determined the 10 sharpest and smartest cities, looking at education level,...

Is your noggin foggy? Don't worry—the physicians of the hit TV show, The Doctors, are here to reveal the best...

Here's how to tell if your healthy brain's forgetfulness is fine ... or kind of funny.

Solid intuition or not, sometimes our gut instincts lead us to fatal errors. Learn about the brain science behind five...

It puts itself on autopilot. You say:  “As I pulled into the office parking lot this morning, I realized I

Do you check your text messages while giving your child a bath? Do you take your Blackberry with you on

What kind of workout is best to give your brain a healthy boost at the gym?

A new report suggests cell phones are linked to brain cancer. Until more findings are reported by the World Health...

While you're working on your word skills with the exercises in this chapter, also learn and practice the following strategies,...

Researchers used to think people lost 30 percent of their neurons as they aged. Now neuroscientists say that if you’re

Recently, I tried—really tried—to buy a book for my book club. I went online and ordered The Alchemist, by Paulo

It is important to recall that our brain does not operate in isolation from the rest of the body. Rather,

There are five factors or slices of the brain health pie. These include 1. socialization, 2. physical activity, 3. mental

We all know the expression “To err is human.” And this is true enough. When something goes wrong, the cause