The largest fMRI study to date finds that heavy cannabis use in young adults reduces brain activity and impairs working memory performance.

When researchers ask them to imagine something familiar, they might have a concept of what it is, and words and associations ...

They might seem an unlikely source of health problems, but research published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology last month suggests pillows could lead to sight loss.

In his new book A World Appears, the journalist explores the mysteries of the human brain - and whether computers could ever catch up ...

The memory crisis is reshaping enterprise storage. How the industry is responding, and what IT leaders should do now to ...

Muscle loss (atrophy) due to inactivity is common after illness, injury, hospitalization or falls, and becomes increasingly ...

Andrew Left says SanDisk is vulnerable to competition from Samsung, which has the power to flood the market with cheaper ...

Experiencing multiple acute stresses at the same time, as in natural disasters or mass shootings, can leave lasting memory scars. New research from the University of California, Irvine suggests that ...

You meet someone, shake hands, hear their name clearly, and then it’s gone seconds later. For many people, forgetting names feels like a personal cognitive failure. But psychologists say this ...

Name, image and likeness (NIL) deals have flooded college sports with hundreds of millions of dollars — but universities and team general managers have been operating with little formal oversight, ...

A February 9 blog post about AI, titled “Something Big Is Happening,” rocketed around the web this week in a way that reminded me of the golden age of the blogosphere. Everyone seemed to be talking ...