B rain researchers long knew that the model for studying memory oversimplified the complex processes that the brain uses to ...

Long-term memory emerges from a sequence of molecular programs that sort, stabilize, and reinforce important experiences.

Rather than holding information in specific areas of the brain, our memories are represented by the connections between neurons, called synapses. According to a recent study from the Salk Institute in ...

Researchers have discovered a new pathway to forming long-term memories in the brain. Their work suggests that long-term memory can form independently of short-term memory, a finding that opens ...

Episodic memory is a type of long-term memory. It helps you remember the time, place, and details surrounding a specific event or experience in your life. For example, remembering what you had for ...

Some widely prescribed drugs may quietly affect your memory, focus, and cognitive performance. Here’s how they work, who’s ...

You can misremember something just seconds after it happened, reframing events in your mind to better fit with your own preconceptions. Our brains probably do this in an effort to make sense of the ...

Both long and short-term cannabis use is linked to less brain activation and worse performance during working memory tasks, found a new study published in JAMA Network Open. “As cannabis use continues ...