Traditionally, explicit long-term memory (the intentional, conscious recollection of things and experiences) is divided into ...

A surprising new brain study suggests that remembering life events and recalling facts may rely on the same neural machinery.

Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, ...

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

Researchers have a new hypothesis for how brain cells called astrocytes might contribute to memory storage in the brain. Their model, known as dense associative memory, would help explain the brain's ...

A massive international brain study has revealed that memory decline with age isn’t driven by a single brain region or gene, but by widespread structural changes across the brain that build up over ...

For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that the adult human brain was largely fixed. According to this view, the ...

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

A strong memory sounds like an unmitigated good, but science shows that vivid recall can distort your reality, fuel anxiety ...