Imagine you're 6 years old and in the back seat of your parents' car on a road trip. Your mum decides to stop for breakfast ...

New Baycrest research reveals that the brain remembers what we see and what we hear in different ways. Visual memories tend ...

A new study into how different parts of memory work in the brain has shown that the same brain areas are involved in retrieving different types of information, the findings could redefine how memory ...

In an article published in The Conversation, Elva Arulchelvan, the author, explains how memory operates through three main stages, each involving different parts of the brain. The first stage is ...

Why scents trigger the brain's strongest memories and how smell can instantly unlock vivid recall from 20+ years ago.

Our brains may work best when teetering on the edge of chaos. A new theory suggests that criticality a sweet spot between order and randomness is the secret to learning, memory, and adaptability. When ...

In a world saturated with stories—from ancient myths to TikTok clips—narratives knit together emotion, memory, and meaning. A new study in the Journal of Neuroscience suggests that how a story is told ...

As a researcher investigating how electric brain stimulation can improve people’s powers of recollection, I’m often asked how memory works – and what we can do to use it more effectively. Happily, ...

Building a model of the phenomenon you’re studying can help you understand how that thing works. Roadmaps are models of the highways and roads between here and there. We use them to predict how we ...

Exercise is often described as one of the best things we can do for the brain. It can sharpen memory, support mood, and lower the risk of cognitive decline later in life. How does movement in the body ...

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