A person’s memory is a sea of images and other sensory impressions, facts and meanings, echoes of past feelings, and ingrained codes for how to behave—a diverse well of information. Naturally, there ...

Memory is the way your brain takes in and stores information so you can use it later on. Memories define who you are in a lot of ways. They help you recall things like important dates, facts, and even ...

Research continues to indicate how imperative it is for us to start protecting our memory earlier in life. But when it comes to implicit vs. explicit memory, what’s the difference? Why are they ...

It's easy to forget important events like a work deadline or an anniversary, but understanding how memory works can help. Cognitive psychologist Endel Tulving introduced the idea of episodic and ...

Imagine you're a researcher studying how sleep affects mood. To explore the connection, you would look at two key "variables": sleep (how much someone gets) and mood (how happy or irritable they feel) ...

Brain imaging showed that these two types of narratives activated distinct memory networks, which later predicted how well ...

Our personalities are strongly formed by memories. Among the most significant may be those whose details have faded.

Why are we able to recall only some of our past experiences? A new study led by Jun Nagai at the RIKEN Center for Brain ...

Transdermal estradiol-2 (E2) hormone therapy was associated with significantly better episodic memory in postmenopausal women than no hormone therapy, while oral ET was associated with significantly ...