Forgetfulness is a normal, albeit frustrating, part of life. It’s natural to misplace your phone, open your fridge and forget why, or fail to remember that name that’s right on the tip of your tongue. When these blips occur every now and then, they’re usually no big deal. But when they start happening more frequently, it’s hard not to wonder what might be causing your memory loss.

Telling teens not to text and drive might be outdated soon. It turns out, young drivers aren’t using their phones to send messages behind the wheel — they’re using it to for entertainment purposes while driving.

Take aurally. Turns out the ultimate anxiety remedy may not be in your medicine cabinet — but on Spotify. An eight-minute ambient track called “Weightless” by British band Marconi Union is being hailed as the musical equivalent of a chill pill. The song was actually designed to de-stress listeners — and science says it works.

Your blood sugar level and your brain health are more closely tied than you might have realized. And it turns out that the area of the brain that is involved with memory—the same one impacted in Alzheimer’s disease—can become impaired as a result of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a recent study by University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) researchers published in the Journal of Neuroscience.

One brain area controlling another is the desired outcome of therapy.

Bach to the future: Neuroscientist says a centuries-old classical tune could be the secret to crushing your to-do list.

Should you listen to music while you work? It’s a polarizing question. Some people find working in silence boring and say that music helps them focus on the task at hand. Others say that music makes it hard for them to concentrate, causing them to work slower.

A McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act for homeless youth in Elko County has lost its federal funding from the Nevada Department of Education.

Consciousness may be a mystery, but that doesn’t mean that neuroscientists don’t have any explanations for it. Far from it.

Many people don’t think twice when their physician prescribes antidepressants or other medications—after all, mental health is just as important as physical well-being. However, new research suggests that some of these drugs may quietly interfere with brain development in unborn children, raising urgent safety concerns during pregnancy.

Eliminated grants include those awarded to UNLV Partnership for Research, Assessment, Counseling, Therapy and Innovative Clinical Education (PRACTICE), a mental health clinic at UNLV that provides care to populations that have difficulty accessing help, and turns out trained mental health providers in the process.

If you’ve ever found yourself tearing up during an in-flight movie, noticed that your favorite snacks taste a little off at 35,000 feet, or felt like a single cocktail hit you harder in the air than on the ground, altitude could be to blame.