Sixth form students discover how humour and curiosity can improve memory and engagement in class.

A brief bout of physical exercise can create "ripples" of activity in your brain that help you store and retrieve memories.

It turns out your brain might not be the only part of your body that remembers. Scientists at NYU have found that cells outside the brain—like those from your kidneys—can actually "learn" and form ...

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 ...

A child picks up a crayon and begins to sketch a scene from a story, not knowing that this simple act is strengthening the ...

The hippocampus is a crucial part of the brain that plays a role in memory and learning, especially in remembering directions ...

A new study suggests a single exercise session can increase electrical “ripples” in parts of the brain that support memory and learning ability. The research recorded electrical activity directly from ...

The hippocampus serves as the primary learning and memory center of the brain, but this is not where our memories are held. Rather, memory traces or engrams are represented by the connections between ...

It is now understood that the hippocampus is closely linked to learning and memory (Doidge, 2015; Suzuki, 2015). However, this was not always the case. One prominent experiment investigating memory, ...