A study published today in the journal Science Advances found that mundane memories get extra sticking power in the brain if ...

A new study reveals that emotionally charged or surprising events can retroactively and proactively rescue weak memories, ...

What transforms a run-of-the-mill Tuesday lunch into an unforgettable experience following a life-altering telephone call?

Boston University researchers found that ordinary moments can gain staying power if they’re connected to significant ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers investigated whether post-encoding ripples improve emotional memory through amygdala-hippocampal memory restoration or ...

Challenge your mind. Like a muscle, the brain strengthens with use. Mander suggests learning a new language, playing music, ...

Several studies have indicated that forgotten memories may not be as irretrievable as once thought. Memory appears to be closely tied to the context in which it was encoded. Consequently, remembering ...

Memories are thought to be encoded in the brain as enduring physical and chemical changes, or engrams. Although recent technological advances have enabled substantial progress in our understanding of ...

With 86 billion neurons and 10 trillion synapses, the human brain records new memories every day. Memory is our brain’s ability to acquire, store, and recover information from various experiences.

That constant tab-switching habit might be doing more harm to your brain than you think. We’ve all been there – responding to emails while joining a Zoom call, scrolling social media during a TV show, ...