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What is acetylcholine and why does it matter for memory?

What is acetylcholine and why does it matter fo...

Acetylcholine is the neurotransmitter most directly tied to memory formation and learning. When your brain encodes a new memory, transfers information from short-term to long-term storage, or retrieves something you...

What is acetylcholine and why does it matter fo...

Acetylcholine is the neurotransmitter most directly tied to memory formation and learning. When your brain encodes a new memory, transfers information from short-term to long-term storage, or retrieves something you...

Man in his mid-50s sitting on a park bench looking mentally fatigued representing age-related brain energy decline

Why Your Brain Energy Declines With Age (and Wh...

  You're not imagining it. That feeling of your brain running slower, thoughts taking longer to connect, afternoons that require twice the effort they used to, it's not stress. It's...

Why Your Brain Energy Declines With Age (and Wh...

  You're not imagining it. That feeling of your brain running slower, thoughts taking longer to connect, afternoons that require twice the effort they used to, it's not stress. It's...

Woman in her 40s at kitchen table with coffee and notebook representing natural memory improvement habits

How to Improve Memory Naturally: What Actually ...

Most advice about improving memory is either obvious to the point of uselessness ("get more sleep!") or quietly pseudoscientific (no, playing Lumosity for 10 minutes a day is not going...

How to Improve Memory Naturally: What Actually ...

Most advice about improving memory is either obvious to the point of uselessness ("get more sleep!") or quietly pseudoscientific (no, playing Lumosity for 10 minutes a day is not going...

Woman reading a brain supplement label to evaluate liposomal delivery claims

Why Liposomal Delivery Actually Matters for Bra...

If you've spent any time looking at brain supplements, you've seen the word "liposomal" on a label. Most people nod and move on, assuming it means something good. A smaller...

Why Liposomal Delivery Actually Matters for Bra...

If you've spent any time looking at brain supplements, you've seen the word "liposomal" on a label. Most people nod and move on, assuming it means something good. A smaller...

Sleep and Memory - how they affect the brain

Sleep and Memory: What Actually Happens in Your...

Here's the short answer to why sleep matters for memory: your brain isn't resting when you sleep. It's working. Specifically, it's doing two things that can't happen any other way....

Sleep and Memory: What Actually Happens in Your...

Here's the short answer to why sleep matters for memory: your brain isn't resting when you sleep. It's working. Specifically, it's doing two things that can't happen any other way....

What actually happens to your brain in your 50s (and what you can do about it)

What actually happens to your brain in your 50s...

Forgetting why you walked into a room. Taking a beat longer to retrieve a name. Reading the same paragraph twice because the first time didn't stick. If you're in your...

What actually happens to your brain in your 50s...

Forgetting why you walked into a room. Taking a beat longer to retrieve a name. Reading the same paragraph twice because the first time didn't stick. If you're in your...