The brain doesn't "fill up" like a computer; it filters. Learn why shared memories differ and why a "full head" is actually a ...

At a recent School of the Arts event, Daphna Shohamy and Sarah Ruhl share how memory affects their work. “In university ...

A majorstudy finds that loneliness is linked to lower memory scores in older adults but does not speed up the rate of cognitive decline over a seven-year period.

The relationship between physical theory and biological organization remains one of the most challenging in contemporary science. Part of the inspiration of ...

Why do memories fade in Alzheimer's disease—and can they be restored? University of California, Irvine researchers have ...

A painter uses art to explore memory, PTSD, and breakthroughs in neuroscience. Painter Viviane Silvera uses art to explore memory and PTSD, animating 30,000 images to provide a visualization of the ...

Higher wellbeing is linked to better memory function, found a new study published in Aging & Mental Health. The findings suggest that better wellbeing may protect memory function from middle to later ...

Just three days of eating a diet high in saturated fat leads to memory problems and related neuroinflammation in older rats, reported a new study published in Immunity and Ageing. Previous research ...

A new Nature Neuroscience study reveals that the ventromedial prefrontal cortex regulates how the hippocampus links related memories, preventing false associations. Researchers used advanced imaging ...

Small changes in how you study or work can make a real difference in how well and how long you remember crucial information ...

When my late lab partner Xu Liu and I first illuminated the brain cells that stored a particular memory, it felt like watching a thought flicker back to life. We stimulated a constellation of neurons ...