Currently, the first-choice treatment for PTSD is exposure-based psychotherapy, where therapists help rewire the emotions associated with the traumatic memory in the patient's brain, shifting from ...

Just light exercise—10 or 20 minutes of walking a day—can be enough to take the edge off. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

Have you ever put your keys down and then completely forgotten where to find them? The brain has to work hard to protect information in your working memory from distractions. How this process works ...

Distinguished Professor Kaoru Inokuchi and Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Khaled Ghandour explain the rationale, goals, and main findings of this research, which focuses on the importance of ...

A new study suggests that taking a two-hour nap during a night shift may help restore brain function and memory in nurses.

"This response evolved to help us cope with new challenges and can help us form stronger memories in order to deal with these ...

Researchers have created a protein that can detect the faint chemical signals neurons receive from other brain cells. By ...

Memory loss after brain aneurysm surgeries, like coiling, is common. Some people experience memory loss for less than a day. For others, difficulties with memory can persist for months. Surgical ...