Your brain becomes comfortable with this reversed image, so when you see a photo, it appears jarring and unfamiliar.

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New research shows that long-term memory is not stored by a single molecular switch, but by a sequence of timed genetic programs unfolding across different brain regions.

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What if the brain prepares your actions before you ever “decide”—and what does that really mean for free will?

Study tracking 10,000 kids found screen time linked to thinner brain tissue in attention centers and increased ADHD symptoms.

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Free radicals generated at a specific site in non-neuronal brain cells called astrocytes may promote dementia, according to a Weill Cornell Medicine study. These findings, published in Nature ...

With age comes a natural decline in cognitive function, even among otherwise healthy adults without dementia. A new study finds that a cognitive training program may boost production of a brain ...

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