Scientists know very little about how TikTok and its copycats affect human cognition, but the signs aren’t good.

Old age and forgetfulness seem to go hand in hand. But my colleagues and I found that memories actually becomes less precise, ...

Explore the science of memory: Discover how your brain records, retains, and retrieves the past. Uncover why we forget and ...

Have you ever put your keys down and then completely forgotten where to find them? The brain has to work hard to protect information in your working memory from distractions. How this process works ...

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Why some memories persist while others vanish has fascinated scientists for more than a century. Now, new research from the Stowers Institute has identified the mechanism that makes a fleeting moment ...

Mimicking the brain's synapses Beyond demonstrating multiple memory modes, the devices also exhibit both short-term and long-term memory, akin to biological synapses. This dynamic control over memory ...

A massive international brain study has revealed that memory decline with age isn’t driven by a single brain region or gene, but by widespread structural changes across the brain that build up over ...