There's a reason why telling your dog off for bad behaviour doesn't always work. Compared to humans, animals don't remember specific events, but instead tend to retain useful information that could ...

Memory can be broken down into multiple types, including long-term memory, short-term memory, explicit and implicit memory, and working memory. Memory is a process in your brain that enables you to ...

You might imagine memory is a Santa’s sack of life events and the first half of jokes. You would be wrong. Neuroscientist Dean Burnett explains all in our new series, Use your head We all have ...

Researchers have discovered a new pathway to forming long-term memories in the brain. Their work suggests that long-term memory can form independently of short-term memory, a finding that opens ...

Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered how brain cells responsible for working memory—the type required to remember a phone number long enough to dial it—coordinate intentional focus and ...

Memory is an interesting thing. Most of us may wish it was better. We may envy those with “photographic” memory or people who seem to have no trouble recalling phone numbers, matching faces to names, ...

Memory is crucial for our daily functioning, aiding us in recollecting past events and acquiring new knowledge. With ageing, it's common to encounter memory challenges. Other factors like head ...

My memory isn't as good as it used to be. But I have been through some stressful times in life and think that has a lot to do with it. Before I came to England, I did the Jamaican local exams, which ...

The ability to learn and to establish new memories is fundamental to our lives; we rely on our memories to do the simplest of things - remember who we are, recognise the words we read and the sounds ...