A new study reveals that the brain’s responsiveness and capacity for learning shift with the time of day, governed by ...

Getting enough quality sleep is essential to strong memory function. Understanding the sleep-memory connection may help you learn to prioritize sleep and improve your memory.

A new study reveals how brain circuits between the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus stabilize memories during learning.

Nuri Jeong remembers the feeling of surprise she felt during a trip back to South Korea, while visiting her grandmother, who'd been grappling with Alzheimer's disease. "I hadn't seen her in six years, ...

Researchers have discovered a new way ribonucleic acid (RNA) impacts fear-related learning and memory. Researchers demonstrated that a noncoding RNA known as Gas5 coordinates the trafficking and ...

A new McGill-led study reveals that digital brain exercises can rejuvenate aging brain systems responsible for learning and memory. Older adults using BrainHQ for 10 weeks showed restored cholinergic ...

Breath during sleep be a key component that helps the brain's memory hub do the best job possible to store and reinforce those memory.

Our brains do not react in a fixed, mechanical way like electronic circuits. Even if we see the same scene every day on our ...

Many medications can cause memory loss, including benzodiazepines, opioids, certain antidepressants, and antihistamines.

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, ...