For almost a century, psychologists and neuroscientists have been trying to understand how humans memorize different types of ...

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A single 20-minute session on a stationary bike can trigger a measurable surge in memory-linked electrical activity deep inside the brain, according to new research from the University of Iowa. The ...

Forgetting why you walked into a room isn’t a sign of cognitive decline. It’s your brain doing exactly what it evolved to do.

One of the most widely accepted models for how cells remember their identity may be incorrect. This is shown in a new study ...

A new study in mice suggests psychedelics make the brain more likely to 'see' images from memory rather than what's actually ...

Letting an AI assistant handle the hard parts of thinking feels efficient in the moment, but a growing body of cognitive ...

In today's The Daily Why, a new series from India Today Science, we try to understand the mechanism that triggers dreams, and the one that makes us forget them.

The M5 Pro and M5 Max in the new MacBook Pros are interesting not because they deliver a solid speed increase for Apple’s ...

Research shows auditory memory carries deeper emotional weight than visual memory, driving a new field of voice ...

Self-related information automatically modulates early attentional selection into awareness through mechanisms distinct from physical salience, revealing an obligatory, individualized ...