Amyloid proteins are typically considered bad guys, playing front-and-center roles in diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. However, for nearly two decades, the Stowers Institute in Kansas ...

Researchers from Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience have discovered a new pathway to forming long-term memories in the brain. Their work suggests that long-term memory can form ...

That constant tab-switching habit might be doing more harm to your brain than you think. We’ve all been there – responding to emails while joining a Zoom call, scrolling social media during a TV show, ...

(a) Diagram illustrating the ion channel activity in post-synaptic neurons. AMPA receptors are involved in the activation of post-synaptic neurons, while NMDA receptors are blocked by magnesium ions ...

Imagine that while you are enjoying your morning bowl of Cheerios, a spider drops from the ceiling and plops into the milk. Years later, you still can’t get near a bowl of cereal without feeling ...

When you have an “Aha!” moment, your brain physically changes how it processes information, making these insights about twice as memorable as gradually learned information. During insight moments, ...

Episodic memory is a type of long-term memory. It helps you remember the time, place, and details surrounding a specific event or experience in your life. For example, remembering what you had for ...

A research team led by faculty members at Wayne State University has discovered that communication between two key memory regions in the brain determines how what we experience becomes part of what we ...

Memory defines who we are — our experiences, relationships, and very sense of self. But what happens when those memories vanish? Amnesia, far more complex than Hollywood’s convenient plot device of ...

There’s a paradox in memory science: Empirical evidence and life experience both suggest older adults have more knowledge of the world. However, in laboratory settings, they generally perform worse on ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The story of your life is encoded in your memories, but scientists don’t have a strong grasp on exactly how the brain turns a fleeting sensory ...