memory
The life-long psychological effects your first love has on you
If love is an addiction, your first love is the first dose.
Making memories actually involves breaking our DNA, study shows
Brain cells snap strands of DNA in many more places and cell types than researchers previously thought.
Sleep deprivation affects fertility, memory, and even your immune response after a vaccine
Are you getting a full 8 hours?
Why does life flash before your eyes in a life-threatening scenario?
The experience of life flashing before one's eyes has been reported for well over a century, but where's the science behind it?
Why do we remember more by reading in print vs. on a screen?
The author of 'How We Read' Now explains.
Neuroplasticity can be turned on and off in the brain of a fruit fly
Neuroplasticity is a major driver of learning and memory in humans.
Smells connect to memories more than other senses
"The smell of fresh chopped parsley may evoke a grandmother's cooking, or a whiff of a cigar may evoke a grandfather's presence," says author.
What can Avicenna teach us about the mind-body problem?
The Persian polymath and philosopher of the Islamic Golden Age teaches us about self-awareness.
Aphantasia: the rare brain condition that darkens the mind’s eye
A new study provides validation for the recently identified phenomenon.
Loneliness is wired into the human brain. Here’s what it looks like.
A large study shows changes in the brain scans of lonely people in the area involved in imagination, memory, and daydreaming.
Crazy dreams help us make sense of our memories
A new theory suggests that dreams' illogical logic has an important purpose.
Why schools should not teach general critical-thinking skills
Schools have become captivated by the idea that students must learn a set of generalized critical-thinking skills to flourish in the contemporary world.
Are brain teasers and apps a waste of time?
Recent research shows that brain teasers don't make you smarter and don't belong in job interviews because they don't reflect real-world problems.
Using multiple devices at once is causing your memory to fail, study finds
A Stanford study explores the effect of multitasking on memory in young adults.
Study finds hard physical labor raises risk for dementia
Work that can break down the body can also break down the mind.
Study helps explain why motivation to learn declines with age
Research suggests that aging affects a brain circuit critical for learning and decision-making.
Can fake news help you remember real facts better?
A 2020 study published in the journal of Psychological Science explores the idea that fake news can actually help you remember real facts better.
Handwriting shown to be better for memory than typing, at any age
A new study collected 500 data points per second. Handwriting won out.
Only 35 percent of Americans know the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease
Yet 80 percent of respondents want to reduce their risk of dementia.
Does forgetting a name or word mean that I have dementia?
The number of people with dementia is expected to triple by 2060.
New research suggests a possible treatment for dyslexia
The neurodevelopmental disorder has long baffled researchers.
New research reveals what it’s like to inhabit someone else’s body
You actually score worse on memory tests.
Study: Names change how an infant’s memory encodes objects
A new study shows that naming conventions will change how infants represent objects in their memories.
Oxytocin may play a role in protecting against Alzheimer’s
Preliminary studies on mice show positive results.
5 things that happen to your brain when you learn a new language
Never has the bar to entry been so low and the recognized benefits so high.
Do vegetarians really have better sex than meat-eaters?
There are many reasons why this could be true.
Groundbreaking new research suggests removing drug-associated memories could prevent relapse
The 2020 study successfully removed memories associated with morphine from the brains of mice with very promising results.
Cognitive ability tied to better social distancing
Working memory is the workhorse of cognition. Having less of it has side effects.
Human brains remember certain words more easily than others
A study of the manner in which memory works turns up a surprising thing.
Psychology’s five major perspectives explained
Why do you feel the way you feel, think the way you think and behave the way you do? Here are 5 possible explanations.