Why is the cerebral cortex important in processing language and thought? Revise the structure and function of the cerebral cortex.

Skills like memory are the first to go when we're tired. This test assesses your ability to remember how long ago something happened - your 'temporal' memory. If you're tired you won't be as good at ...

Heart muscle and brain cells have been made for the first time in a test tube from human skin, marking a breakthrough in stem-cell research that could end the need to clone human embryos. Scientists ...

A team of scientists from the University of Cambridge and the University of Leeds has uncovered a way to restore memory in older mice, raising hopes that age-related memory decline in humans might one ...

When doctors suspect Alzheimer's, they can order a blood test to learn whether a patient's brain contains the sticky amyloid plaques that are a hallmark of the disease. But the results of that test ...