Research says you really can rest your way to better long-term memory and recall. I had spent a couple weeks preparing to ...

If you've ever noticed how memories from the same day seem connected while events from weeks apart feel separate, a new study reveals the reason: Our brains physically link memories that occur close ...

Working memory is a form of memory that allows a person to temporarily hold a limited amount of information at the ready for immediate mental use. It is considered essential for learning, problem ...

Semantic memory is key to understanding and describing how everything around us works. Collected over each person’s lifetime of learning, the information in semantic memory—facts ...

That’s opposed to “episodic learning,” a more mature form of memory that deals with specific events ... around us,” senior ...

New research from the University of Chicago on the hippocampus, a brain area essential for memory, suggests that this is not ...

Dream recall is associated with age, attitude toward dreaming, sleep patterns, and seasonal changes among healthy adults.

A study shows that memory-focused reminders help people resist misinformation by reinforcing detection skills over time.

Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that doing just one new thing each day can significantly improve mood, memory and overall well-being — a finding that could be particularly ...

Three Psychology and Neuroscience faculty members have received a combined $2.69 million in National Science Foundation funding to advance their research "[The research] will provide a more holistic ...

Learning and memory refers to the processes of acquiring, retaining and retrieving information in the central nervous system. It consists of forming stable long-term memories that include ...