THC doesn’t just blur memories—it can create new ones that never happened. In a controlled experiment, cannabis users were much more likely to recall words that were never shown and struggled with ...

Memories rarely arrive as an unbroken stream. The brain quietly divides life into segments: entering a room, starting a conversation, or watching a new scene unfold.

The brain can retrieve memories that never reach conscious awareness, offering new clues about how forgetting and memory recall work.

Cannabis intoxication causes false memories, source confusion, and impairs the ability to remember future tasks.

Some animals never forget—and not just in that folksy, "elephants remember everything" way. Across land, sea, and sky, ...

Smoking cannabis can do more than blur memories. It can reshape them. A new Washington State University study found that people who consumed THC were more likely to recall words that were never ...

Letting an AI assistant handle the hard parts of thinking feels efficient in the moment, but a growing body of cognitive science research suggests that convenience comes at a measurable cost. When ...

But so far, almost the only specific types of memory that applies to has been verbal and working. While important metrics, these basically refer to just remembering lists of words ...

A clinical trial suggests that low-dose lithium may slow the decline of verbal memory in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and amyloid-beta.

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

A study published in Nature on August 6, 2025, found that lithium is the only metal significantly depleted in the prefrontal ...