Stressful study sessions help us pass exams, but curiosity promotes long-term understanding and information retention. In A ...

A study in mice suggests infantile amnesia is not a failure of memory, but a developmentally useful process guided by brain ...

A study tracking thousands of neurons shows how the brain separates memory content from context to support flexible recall.

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), and Duke University ...

Memory is a continually unfolding process. Initial details of an experience take shape in memory; the brain’s representation of that information then changes over time. With subsequent reactivations, ...

Scientists have found that blocking microglia (specialist immune cells in the brain) prevents infant forgetting ("infantile ...

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We usually don't think much about it, but our brain is pretty amazing! This three-pound organ is in charge of everything—from our thoughts and memories to our emotions and decision-making. And yet, ...

Health experts say most memory supplements don’t prevent dementia; exercise, nutrition, and treating vitamin deficiencies ...

These easy brain-based strategies help reduce stress and make daily life feel radically better, proving that real ...

Deep brain stimulation enhances memory, may ease Alzheimer's symptoms. Feb. 8, 2012— -- A new study suggests that driving electricity deep into the brain can boost memory, shedding light on a ...