When life gets busy and stress levels rise, it's not uncommon to find yourself walking into a room and forgetting why you went there, losing your train of thought mid-sentence or struggling to stay ...

Brain fog, or limited cognitive function, may be caused by stress, poor sleep, and other factors. Here are some tips to manage mental fatigue.

Hormonal imbalances — including testosterone, thyroid, cortisol, and insulin — can significantly affect your cognitive function and contribute to brain fog. Blood tests can help identify underlying ...

Have you ever stared blankly at a screen, forgotten simple tasks, or struggled to articulate your thoughts during a meeting? These moments of mental lapse might seem harmless at first, but when they ...

Sometimes, particularly during periods of stress, brain fog can hit hard. You may space out on a task, forget what you were doing, or struggle to follow a conversation. Brain fog can be disorienting, ...

There must have been times when you entered a room and forgot why you were there, found it difficult to complete a conversation, or took longer than usual to understand things. We call this “brain fog ...

You walk into a room and forget why. You reread the same sentence three times. You feel like your brain is buffering. If any of that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. Brain fog—once dismissed as a ...

Waking up feeling off. Fuzzy, unfocused thoughts. Processing everyday, mundane information is painfully slow and effortful, much like slogging through mud. Not to mention, that typically reliable jolt ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Photo-Illustration by TIME (Source Images: PhotoAlto/Frederic Cirou/Getty Images; aldigraph/Solvers via Canva) Tamsen Fadal was working as a news anchor ...

Postpartum brain fog is real. Here’s how experts say to manage memory and focus after childbirth.

Scientists have long struggled to define brain fog—let alone pinpoint a cause for it. But research is starting to reveal multiple potential causes from inflammation to a leaky blood-brain barrier.

A massive international study of more than 3,100 long COVID patients uncovered a striking divide in how brain-related ...