A new brain imaging study reveals that remembering facts and recalling life events activate nearly identical brain networks.

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Your brain isn’t built for long-term career thinking. Psychology explains why your plans derail and how to work with your mind instead of against it. Long-term career planning is probably the most ...

Most people have seen pictures of the brain and know that brain damage can cause a wide range of problems from weak and paralyzed limbs to memory and speech problems, but the rest is a mystery. For ...

Popular culture abounds with “facts” about the brain, such as we only use 10 percent of it (false); it weighs three pounds (true); it consumes as much energy as a 20 Watt light bulb (true); it shrinks ...

Did you know: Your brain is constantly renewing itself through a process known as phagocytosis, in which cells surround and break down smaller cells or molecules.