A study in mice suggests infantile amnesia is not a failure of memory, but a developmentally useful process guided by brain ...

A massive international brain study has revealed that memory decline with age isn’t driven by a single brain region or gene, ...

How do cell phones affect our memories? What percentage of them are imagined? A group of neuroscientists is trying to unravel ...

Have you ever wondered what causes forgetfulness and how to avoid it? Forgetfulness can have various causes, including stress ...

Neuroscientists reveal how the brain decides which locations will best anchor memories—before new experiences even happen.

Your memory relies on reusing, overlapping and adapting rather than on a fixed number of storage spots. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Recent work has revealed some of the many crucial functions of astrocytes, brain cells that were once thought to play primarily supportive roles for neurons. Astrocytes do handle debris around neurons ...

Déjà vu, a fleeting sensation of having experienced a present moment before, arises from a brief misfire in the brain's ...