For the first time, a study in rats teases apart the role of the hippocampus in two functions of memory—one that remembers associations between time, place and what one did, and another that allows ...

One of the worst and scariest parts of growing old is cognitive decline. But a new study has found that some brain functions actually begin to improve even as we hit our 70s and 80s. According to ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Clinic said that it implanted a dual-function cardiac device in a patient as part of a clinical trial this week, marking the first time this has been done in the world.

The brain is divided into two halves, the right and left brain. Specific areas are responsible for different functions, but the brain works as a whole. Your brain is divided into two halves. These two ...