In the first study of its kind, neuroscientists have shown the real-world benefits that sunlight gives the brain, beyond ...

New research from UC Santa Barbara shows that mind-wandering — those moments where our attention drifts away from a task at ...

When people lack visual imagination, this is known as aphantasia. Researchers investigated how the lack of mental imagery affects long-term memory. They were able to show that changes in two important ...

Scientists have long known that the hippocampus is essential for forming new memories. It helps record where and when things happen. But how it processes what you see—like objects or images—has been a ...

Differences in the distribution of certain proteins and markers in the brain may explain why some people first experience vision changes instead of memory loss in Alzheimer's disease, finds a new ...