Everyone wants to learn more quickly, and retain more of what they learn. Intelligence is a business—and a life—superpower. Ask successful people which factor contributes the most to success, and most ...

Learning is more effective when retrieval is varied and spaced over time, not repetitive. Variety strengthens memory pathways ...

Researchers have identified brain mechanisms that help animals suppress instinctive fear responses when threats prove harmless over time.

The shift to short-form content affects deep learning and attention span; there are strategies to reclaim focus and critical ...

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 ...

A breakthrough study sheds new light on how brain cells relay critical information from their extremities to their nucleus, leading to the activation of genes essential for learning and memory.

In a new co-authored book, Professor and Chair of Psychology and Neuroscience Elizabeth A. Kensinger points out some surprising facts about how memories work Explaining the science behind memory and ...

How to learn effectively? It is important to retrieve the material we learn from memory at certain intervals, but that is not all. For even better results, it is best to do it in different ways, ...

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 ...

However, in the past two decades, investigators have discovered that the molecular machinery of epigenetics has been co-opted by the nervous system to mediate both dynamic and persistent changes in ...

The fast pace of modern urban living can be mentally and physically draining. Add the strains of a pandemic, and these ...

My research interests are focused around spatial cognition as well as individual differences in executive function, memory and working memory. A major focus of my work is in the plasticity of ...