Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of NPR's Short Wave talk about the brain benefits of quitting cigarettes, language development in premature babies, and a mysterious imprint in a Chicago sidewalk.

The rate of smoking cigarettes has steadily declined since the 1960s – when Congress required warnings on cigarette boxes.

Coherence means forming a complete whole, with various aspects of memory connecting to each other.

While mentally disconnecting doesn’t sound productive, when it comes to remembering more, it is: Without those intermittent ...

A chemical in your brain assigns a positive or negative emotion to specific situations, and there are definitely ways you can game the system.

Memory is essential for identity, confidence and independence; yet memory loss is far more common than we realize. Mild cognitive impairment affects roughly one in five older adults. At the same time, ...

Professor of Coaching and Positive Psychology, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences Want to remember things better as you get older? The secret might be surprisingly simple: focus on ...

The childhood memories of the Stations of the Cross and the 3:00 p.m. Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion on Good Friday are ironed into my brain and heart. They were and are true opportunities to make ...