Stress worsens sleep quality and can impair memory. Shinjae Chung, from the University of Pennsylvania, led a study to explore a neural pathway in male mice that stress may influence to cause sleep ...

America's always-on smartphone culture is quietly reshaping the brain's ability to remember even the simplest details. The ...

Memory is not a recording device. It doesn't play back events like a video camera would. Instead, it's a remarkably active, ...

Listen to the first notes of an old, beloved song. Can you name that tune? If you can, congratulations -- it's a triumph of your associative memory, in which one piece of information (the first few ...

Working memory is a cognitive function that is essential for carrying out everyday activities and temporarily retaining information.

Researchers identify the Munc13-1 protein as a crucial molecular pathway for working memory, linking calcium signaling to synaptic strengthening.

Neural circuits associated with three cortical regions in cognitive generalization with different manifestations from different species. (A) Emotionrelated brain regions mainly project to PFC and OFC; ...

When I was a high school student, my maternal grandmother was diagnosed with dementia. This became a reality after her husband died. My mom moved her into our home thinking we might be able to keep ...