Every day, the brain is flooded with fleeting impressions, yet only a small fraction hardens into the stories we carry for a ...

Long-term memories are formed through a sequence of molecular timers that gradually reinforce important impressions, allowing ...

One forgets thousands of moments every day. Scientists have just discovered why a few become unforgettable.

A study from the University of East Anglia is helping scientists better understand how our brains remember past events—and how those memories can change over time.

A new review explores how episodic memories are formed, stored, and reshaped over time, revealing why our recollections of past events often change.

For years, many scientists described memory in fairly simple terms. The hippocampus, a seahorse shaped structure deep in the ...

Our brains may work best when teetering on the edge of chaos. A new theory suggests that criticality a sweet spot between order and randomness is the secret to learning, memory, and adaptability. When ...

Scientists at Skoltech developed a new mathematical model of memory that explores how information is encoded and stored. Their analysis suggests that memory works best in a seven-dimensional ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...