Forgetting names or your keys isn’t generally a sign that anything is seriously wrong with your memory, according to neuroscience. But that doesn’t mean these common lapses in memory aren’t annoying ...

Deja vu is a strange, sudden sensation that you have already lived through the exact moment happening right now. Even though you know it’s a new experience, your brain briefly tricks you ...

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 in ...

Faul, L. & Kensinger , E.A. (accepted). Emotional memory. Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference, 3rd Edition. Elsevier. Garcia, S.M. & Kensinger, E.A ...

The Last Survivors of a Family (c. 1870s) by Félicie Schneider (1831–1888) Source: Art and Life Library, London / Public Domain This is Part 2 of a three-part interview. Read Part 1 here. In part two ...

The benefits of rest on memory have been replicated extensively and are particularly pronounced during periods of sleep. After learning a study list, participants exhibit better memory performance if ...

Two separate studies have identified age-related molecular changes in the brain and adjusted them to improve memory. New research from Virginia Tech (VA, USA) shows that memory loss is tied to ...

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 ...

Memory is the way your brain takes in and stores information so you can use it later on. Memories define who you are in a lot of ways. They help you recall things like important dates, facts, and even ...

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 ...

Several times a day, I can be washing dishes, just turning my head, or catching a particular angle of light, and suddenly I am dropped into a one‑second clip from my own past. It might be the view ...