Our earliest years are a time of rapid learning, yet we typically cannot recall specific experiences from that period—a ...

For decades, scientists have been puzzled by a simple question: Why can't you remember being a baby? Even though infants ...

Herpes hides in the trigeminal nerves that stretch to the eyes, nose and mouth, where it commonly produces a cold sore or ...

As aging bodies decline, the brain loses the ability to cleanse itself of waste, a scenario that scientists think could be contributing to neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and ...

Even though babies are constantly learning, their memories of specific events seem to vanish. For years, scientists thought ...

Why can't we remember when we were babies? Scientists who scanned infants' brains found that they do make memories. The ...

Maternal infections during pregnancy may increase the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders like autism, schizophrenia, and ...

Yet, paradoxically, we rarely remember any fragment of our existence before the age of three, and complete memories usually don’t form until around six. Some people claim to recall their first steps ...

Born with a hyper-sensitive sense of smell, Joy Milne has teamed up with Professor Barran to work on diagnosing early cases ...

New Delhi: A team of European researchers has in a pioneering study, released on Tuesday, found compelling evidence that ...

A child with a rare genetic disorder — spinal muscular atrophy type I — was treated prenatally for the first time. Courtesy of Jakob Owens  via Unsplash During an amniocentesis test, a long, thin ...

An appointment with Wendell Helveston, M.D., a neurologist in Hattiesburg, MS, led to a series of diagnostic tests, such as ...