There isn’t a hard line differentiating a false memory and simply misremembering where you put your keys. But, in general, ...

Why some memories persist while others vanish has fascinated scientists for more than a century. Now, new research from the ...

A preclinical study published in Nature has found evidence that the hippocampus, the brain region that stores memory, also ...

How the human brain organizes its visual memories through precise neural timing has been discovered. Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC; CA, USA) have made a significant ...

You can use up all the storage on your phone or max out your computer's drive, but can you use up all the memory space in your brain? Despite how you might feel before an exam or after a sleepless ...

What if your brain could improve faster than you think? Here’s how a 12-week plan can boost focus, memory, and mental energy.

How do we hear, and how does hearing affect how we play music? These questions are central to the work of Nikolas Alejandro ...

The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and send information and commands throughout the brain and the nervous system.

A plume of red, a searing pain and the sounds of summer—these are fragments of my earliest memory, when I stepped on a glass shard in a Toronto splash park at six or seven years old. I don’t remember ...

Your memory relies on reusing, overlapping and adapting rather than on a fixed number of storage spots. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

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