Handwriting activates more of your brain than typing. Here's what science says and why it matters more in an age of AI.

A new study uses optogenetics to induce localized sleep in awake mice, reversing memory loss from sleep deprivation.

Subtle memory-related brain changes in people with neurological disorders may be reversible before full cognitive decline ...

The cognitive neuroscience of memory in aging examines how advancing age alters the neural substrates that support the encoding, consolidation and retrieval of past experiences. Structural changes ...

A study from the University of East Anglia is helping scientists better understand how our brains remember past events - and how those memories can change over time. A new paper published today ...

A study published in Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience observed the efficacy of donepezil for addressing persistent verbal memory impairments among individuals with predominantly ...

Learn more quickly and retain more? Here’s how, in just minutes. Since no one ever does anything worthwhile on their own, who you know is important. But what you know — and what you do with what you ...

Music that evokes an emotional response may influence the specificity of memory recall, new research suggests. Investigators found that participants who were shown a series of images of everyday items ...

The study of memory formation in aquatic gastropods, chiefly the great pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis, has provided profound insights into fundamental mechanisms of learning. These molluscan models ...

I can remember so much about this in vivid detail—the NBA game that was on in the background while I ate my sushi, the friends who came over to share the wine, the last hunk of brownie in the ice ...