Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter may significantly impair the ability to remember word meanings and general ...

Recent technological advances and the introduction of new digital media platforms have dramatically changed how people learn and source information about topics that interest them. Some recent studies ...

The brain may reuse some cells to store many different memories without mixing them up with or erasing older memories, a new study in mice suggests.

A new study is the latest to show how indistinguishable false memories are from real ones. People who watched someone else recount a supposed recollection were unable to tell that the memory was false ...

One spray could turn back the clock. Scientists have developed a therapy that they say could reverse brain aging, restoring memory and focus that’s typically lost over time. And just two doses showed ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, researchers found that the recruitment of neurons to memory circuits is preceded by a cascade of molecular events induced during learning, which ...

A neurologist and dietitians weigh in.

Memory is so much more than a storage unit in our minds. The people involved in memories influence what we recall and, as our study shows, the connections we make between memories. Our memory helps us ...