Researchers from Monash University, in collaboration with the European Biostasis Foundation and Apex Neuroscience, have revealed that although most neuroscientists agree that long-term memories depend ...

Your memory relies on reusing, overlapping and adapting rather than on a fixed number of storage spots.

When a person has a new experience, their brain faces a subtle but critical decision: should this experience be categorized with other stored memories, or should it be filed away as its own new memory ...

It has been known for nearly 20 years that slow, synchronous electrical waves in the brain during deep sleep support the formation of memories. Why that is, was previously unknown. How do permanent ...

A regulatory protein in astrocytes may explain how certain memories persist over time for learning and cognitive function.

The CDC reports that more than 16 million people are living with Cognitive Impairment. The CDC (2017) defines Cognitive impairment as difficulty with remembering, learning new things, concentrating, ...

Episodic memory is a type of long-term memory. It helps you remember the time, place, and details surrounding a specific event or experience in your life. For example, remembering what you had for ...

Multitasking usually lowers productivity because most people are “task switching,” which creates a mental “switch cost” that slows processing and reduces accuracy. Switching between tasks strains ...