The human brain filters trillions of sensory inputs down to just 10 bits per second, a cognitive bottleneck shaped by ...

Heavy cannabis use may negatively impact a person’s working memory, according to the largest study on this subject to date.

Random noise, such as background hubbub on a phone call, is usually thought of as unwanted interference. Now researchers at ...

Rebecca Sharrock has a rare condition called 'Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory' (HSAM) which means she can recall ...

Sarah Chihaya’s unconventional memoir charts her troubled relationship with the literature that formed her.

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

Many materials store information about what has happened to them in a sort of material memory, like wrinkles on a once ...

The solemn commemoration comes amid a worldwide spike in antisemitism and new surveys suggesting basic knowledge of the ...

How can we learn effectively? It is important to retrieve the material we learn from memory at certain intervals, but that is ...

Individual cells in the brain light up for specific ideas. These concept neurons, once known as “Jennifer Aniston cells,” ...

If you often forget what you read almost instantly, building a personal knowledge management system could be the key to ...