Pleasant or aversive events are better remembered than neutral events. Emotional enhancement of episodic memory has been linked to the amygdala in animal and neuropsychological studies. Using positron ...

A Vivid Memory Intensifies Distortions and False Beliefs. We assume that remembering more means remembering accurately. But ...

Despite a century of research, memory encoding in the brain has remained mysterious. Neuronal synaptic connection strengths are involved, but synaptic components are short-lived while memories last ...

One of the most widely accepted models for how cells remember their identity may be incorrect. This is shown in a new study ...

Neurodegenerative disease profoundly affects structures and pathways responsible for memory, cognition, and higher-order ...

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Students can significantly improve retention by changing how they read and review material. Techniques outlined by Polymath ...

It’s true that the brain slows down as we age, but that’s normal—and all of us can practice some simple strategies to ...

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment. For decades, animals like mice, rats and pigs have been essential tools in ...

Part 2 of a two-part series on the challenges of screen time and technology advances; Part 1 looked at the parenting ...

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