A new study has revealed that neural inhibition and balanced neural activity in a specific area of the brain is required for ...

In the fields of American history and American studies, there is a concept called a "usable past.” (The term was coined by literary critic and historian Van Wyck Brooks in the early 20 th century.) ...

A new study reveals that setting reminders can eliminate some age-related declines in memory. The findings offer a significant breakthrough in addressing the cognitive challenges faced by older adults ...

Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez has been doing exactly that in his lab at MIT, and his new book, How to Change a Memory, looks at what happens when memory becomes something we can actively shape. Ramirez ...

The pupils of our eyes get larger when we are focusing on a task–and the size may give clues about our working memory capabilities, a new study has found. A person's pupils dilate in low-light ...