Called the hippocampus, this sea-horse-shaped structure deep inside the brain is crucial to the encoding of our life stories—who, when, where, what. Adults with a damaged hippocampus suffer memory ...

She rose from afternoon slumbers with something pinching her tail. Three feet below the surface of San Diego Bay her equine ...

Hippocampus Distillery is ready to take your hand and show ... This also explains the well-dressed sea horse (whose name is Gerard in case you were wondering) adorning their label. Using the same ...

It has been said that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. But there’s an online community that’s calling utter BS on ...

Scientists have discovered why we don’t remember being a baby, despite learning so much in those early years of life. Researchers have long believed we don’t hold onto these experiences ...

A study published last year of more than 5,000 older adults suggested the use of benzodiazepines was associated with shrinking of the brain's memory centers, the hippocampus and the amygdala.

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Babies are capable of encoding memories even though they can't seem to retrieve them as adults, according to a new study. - Oscar Wong/Moment RF/Getty Images ...

The hippocampus is a crucial brain region involved in memory, emotion, and cognition. They found that prenatal inflammation significantly impairs neuronal excitability, which increases the risk of ...

Meanwhile, the fMRI was snapping pictures of the baby's brain, including its hippocampus, "a region that we know is super important for memory in adults," says Yates. The scans revealed that starting ...