New research is challenging longstanding beliefs about why we don't retain the memories we form in early life.

Memory is surprisingly unreliable and subject to editing when memories are encoded and retrieved. The more we recall an event ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson tested the cognitive skills of Chaser, a border collie trained to recognize over 1,000 toys by name.

The term "memorability" refers to the likelihood that a particular stimulus, such as an object, face or sound, will be ...

It's not that you don't have memories from infancy — it's that you simply can't access them later in life, new research shows ...

“The hallmark of [episodic memories] is that you can describe them to others, but that’s off the table when you’re dealing ...

Sleep is known to contribute to the healthy functioning of the brain and the consolidation of memories. Past psychology ...

With the involvement of around 30 specialist practices across Germany, DZNE will investigate whether dedicated memory tests on smartphones can help to detect mild cognitive impairment (MCI ...

For people with a certain sleep disorder, a simple blood test could help predict the development ... This is a form of dementia that often causes memory and cognitive loss, as well as vivid ...