Memory effect refers to a temporary or permanent loss of capacity in a battery when it’s discharged. Experts don’t totally agree on why this happens or how to keep it from lessening the capacity of ...

Feeling alone may leave a mark on memory, especially for older adults. A major European study of more than 10,000 people ...

Menopause signals the end of a woman’s reproductive years, occurring 12 months after the last menstrual period. During the years leading up to and following menopause many women experience symptoms ...

Heavy cannabis use could negatively impact certain types of memory, largest study of its kind to date has found. Image credit: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg/Getty Images. Recent research shows the use of ...

While hazy memories are a common side effect of smoking cannabis, a new study has suggested that it can make those memories ...

Memory for actions, commonly termed the enactment effect, refers to a robust enhancement in memory when individuals physically perform actions during encoding rather than simply reading or hearing ...

When you encounter new information and want to remember it, the formation of a memory is enormously affected by what happens immediately afterward. The most common problem is that you think of ...