To improve memory, Nelson Dellis says to stop outsourcing so much to devices and practice active recall, attention, and imagination instead.

Some memories remain with us for years, shaping how we learn from experience and adapt to the world around us. Others ...

Working memory is the information we need to access to complete the tasks we’re engaged in right now, and scientists think it ...

While humans are observing their surroundings, their eyes tend to rapidly shift between different objects, people and details ...

New psychology findings, discussed by Jessica Tarlov, explain why people forget names right after meeting them, asserting ...

Even in darkness, many animals retain a sense of orientation because their nervous system sustains a memory of heading encoded by the activity of head-direction (HD) cells. Animals continuously update ...

The ‘doorway effect’ suggests that when information is removed from working memory, it immediately seems to leave ...

Humor is hard to execute, easier to get wrong and more difficult to measure in a short-term lens. But I’d argue that fear is ...

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 ...

Aging changes gut bacteria in mice, weakening communication between the intestines and the brain. Restoring that connection ...