(CNN)-- How do computers remember things? It's something most of us never think about. But you may start to take notice if HP Labs is successful in commercializing a new version of computer memory, ...

Two Veterans Affairs researchers have explored how memory is tied to the hippocampus, with findings that will expand scientists' understanding of how memory works. Drs. Christine N. Smith and Larry R.

As a researcher investigating how electric brain stimulation can improve people’s powers of recollection, I’m often asked how memory works – and what we can do to use it more effectively. Happily, ...

A new brain imaging study reveals that remembering facts and recalling life events activate nearly identical brain networks. Researchers expected clear differences but instead found strong overlap ...

Memory essentially operates in three stages, with different brain regions contributing to each one. Sensory memory, which can last only milliseconds, registers raw information such as sights, sounds ...