Imagine listening to your grandparents weave a captivating story about their childhood. How does our brain manage to store ...

The black box of the human brain is starting to open. Although animal models are instrumental in shaping our understanding of ...

A new review from Rice University explores how emotion, relevance, and individuality shape human memory retention.

The human brain can store salient information, such as numbers, instructions or other details that are important for ...

To complete tasks that require storing relevant visual details for short periods of time, such as solving a puzzle, reading ...

A new review examines why people remember certain events, focusing on the emotional, personal, and contextual factors that shape memory.

A new study has revealed distinct features of the human hippocampus, a brain region critical for memory storage and retrieval, challenging the assumption that it functions like a scaled-up mouse brain ...

The ability to cooperate plays a crucial role in many areas of human life—whether in the workplace, in politics, or in ...

Chimpanzees are the animals with the most complex memory, apart from humans. They remember where and when ripe fruits are ...

Researchers at USC have discovered that the formation of new brain cells in adults, known as neurogenesis, is essential for ...

The black box of the human brain is starting to open. Although animal models are instrumental in shaping our understanding of the mammalian brain, scarce human data is uncovering important ...