Short-term memory loss is common and strikes often. Examples include meeting someone and immediately forgetting their name, misplacing your car keys, or walking into a room and forgetting why you're ...

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers from Stanford University and Yale University have explored the interplay between short-term and long-term memory in animals. Learning and memory in ...

Anesthesia affects receptors in the brain, which may cause side effects following surgery. However, evidence that anesthesia causes long-term memory loss is inconclusive. Some people may experience ...

Anxiety is a natural and useful response to stressful stimuli. It’s how our body knows to prepare itself for danger. Anxiety disorders amplify this response, however, keeping our body in ...

Memory is an interesting thing. Most of us may wish it was better. We may envy those with “photographic” memory or people who seem to have no trouble recalling phone numbers, matching faces to names, ...