The brain is often described as a dense forest of connections, and for years scientists have searched for ways to trim that ...

Researchers in the Jonas group at ISTA applied this question to the hippocampus, the brain region responsible for memory ...

Virginia Tech researchers are investigating how overloaded mitochondria in the brain’s memory circuits may spark early Alzheimer’s damage. Their work focuses on calcium signaling and how it might ...

Editor’s note: Jasmine Vo, the author of this story, is a student employee in the University Marketing and Communications department. She is a fourth-year student majoring in communication sciences.

In a world saturated with stories—from ancient myths to TikTok clips—narratives knit together emotion, memory, and meaning. A new study in the Journal of Neuroscience suggests that how a story is told ...

A new study (Cardenas et al., 2026) suggests that just 20 minutes of moderate cardio may trigger brain activity tied to learning and memory. Researchers found that a single cycling session sparked ...

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