A minority of people have hyperthymesia, or highly superior autobiographical memory, so they can remember events in their ...

New research shows that the brain uses built-in molecular timers to decide which memories last longer and which ones fade more quickly.

The human brain is not a passive recorder of events, it is an active simulator that constantly rehearses futures, rewrites ...

A new study shows that balanced neural inhibition in the hippocampus is crucial for recognition memory, the ability to remember objects we’ve recently encountered.

The findings add to previous research at CU Anschutz which found that Alzheimer’s patients given Leukine showed improvement ...

Do you ever wonder about your brain health? Especially as we start to get older, it can be very easy to start questioning if our brains are in top working order — those moments we all have of ...

Exams are often seen as a test of the brain — memory, focus, logic, speed. But what we forget is that your brain is part of ...

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A single missing molecule in the brain is emerging as a powerful new clue to why learning and memory are altered in Down ...