A new study explores the working memory capacity debate, the doorway effect, and how the prefrontal cortex links memory to ...

The study of memory formation in aquatic gastropods, chiefly the great pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis, has provided profound insights into fundamental mechanisms of learning. These molluscan models ...

Utilizing precise murine models, the scientists unmasked that specialized, protective lattice structures called perineuronal ...

A new European cognitive neuroscience study published in this month’s Science Advances reveals that by using the “method of loci," long-term memory can be improved by anyone, not just world champions ...

Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a critical role in recognition memory. Named 'ovoid cells' for their egg-shaped cell bodies, they increase understanding of how memories ...

Fear conditioning is a form of associative learning in which neutral cues become linked to aversive events, giving rise to robust and persistent memories. At its core lie specialised circuits ...

A study published in Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience observed the efficacy of donepezil for addressing persistent verbal memory impairments among individuals with predominantly ...

Jared McFarlane, a neuroscience Ph.D. student at BYU, has begun a research project investigating the ways social media may affect attention and memory. An essential part of getting a Ph.D. for any ...

The average human brain weighs about 3 pounds and contains 80 to 100 billion neurons, which are the cells that store information. But how do these cells store information? How do we retrieve that ...

I can remember so much about this in vivid detail—the NBA game that was on in the background while I ate my sushi, the friends who came over to share the wine, the last hunk of brownie in the ice ...

Making smart decisions is a product of intelligence; that’s why Jeff Bezos is a proponent of recognizing two-way doors. (Bezos also feels the the smartest people often change their minds, not because ...