You're older now, and your memory seems to be slipping. You hope it's nothing serious, but it nags at you. Could it be . . . Alzheimer's? Or perhaps this describes you. Your aging parent doesn't seem ...

Learning by taking practice tests, a strategy known as retrieval practice, can protect memory against the negative effects of stress, report scientists. Learning by taking practice tests, a strategy ...

Summer's over and school is starting again. For students, school means learning and testing. Most students believe that learning is the real reason that students are in school, and then they are ...

If you have ever forgotten where you left your keys or struggled to recall a name while in the middle of a conversation, you may feel worried about your brain health, especially as you get older. This ...

Twenty years ago, at a particularly stressful time in my mid-40s, I thought I was losing my mind — or at least my memory. I sometimes had trouble coming up with words — initially names, then simple ...

(MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass., Nov. 24, 2016)--Learning by taking practice tests, a strategy known as retrieval practice, can protect memory against the negative effects of stress, report scientists from ...