A new brain imaging study reveals that remembering facts and recalling life events activate nearly identical brain networks.

Our episodic memory – the ability to recall past events and experiences – is known to decline as we age. Exactly how and why ...

A surprising new brain study suggests that remembering life events and recalling facts may rely on the same neural machinery.

Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, ...

There’s a lot to love about brains. They are arguably the most complex organ in the entire human body. 86 billion neurons send electrical and chemical signals back and forth within your brain to ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that damage to small blood vessels in the hereditary disease CADASIL may disrupt ...

You can use up all the storage on your phone or max out your computer's drive, but can you use up all the memory space in your brain? Despite how you might feel before an exam or after a sleepless ...

The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and send information and commands throughout the brain and the nervous system.

Recently, Nvidia founder Jensen Huang, whose company builds the chips powering today’s most advanced artificial intelligence systems, remarked: “The thing that’s really, really quite amazing is the ...

There isn’t a hard line differentiating a false memory and simply misremembering where you put your keys. But, in general, ...