Researchers from Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience have discovered a new pathway to forming long-term memories in the brain. Their work suggests that long-term memory can form ...

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, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The story of your life is encoded in your memories, but scientists don’t have a strong grasp on exactly how the brain turns a fleeting sensory ...

The conversations neurons have as they form and recall memories have been decoded by Medical College of Georgia scientists. The breakthrough in recognizing in real time the formation and recollection ...

But new research published in Neuropsychopharmacology suggests the relationship between sleep, caffeine and brain function ...

(a) Diagram illustrating the ion channel activity in post-synaptic neurons. AMPA receptors are involved in the activation of post-synaptic neurons, while NMDA receptors are blocked by magnesium ions ...

Memory defines who we are — our experiences, relationships, and very sense of self. But what happens when those memories vanish? Amnesia, far more complex than Hollywood’s convenient plot device of ...

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 ...

Discover 25 Memory Facts That Will Break Your Brain! Uncover how your mind stores, forgets, and even invents memories.

Imagine that while you are enjoying your morning bowl of Cheerios, a spider drops from the ceiling and plops into the milk. Years later, you still can’t get near a bowl of cereal without feeling ...

Going against what we thought was true, a controversial new Nature study has shown that nerve cell regeneration in a part of our brains called the dentate gyrus seems to halt when we hit the age of 13 ...