A team of researchers has developed a way to significantly increase the memory of speckle patterns, the very complex patterns that result from shining a laser light onto an opaque sheet, such as paper ...

Nutrition choices can shape daily routines in quiet but meaningful ways. The strongest guidance points toward balanced meals, ...

Our memory records details and detects patterns in everyday life—often without us even realizing it. Researchers at Lund University have for the first time succeeded in showing that the brain does ...

A team of scientists has discovered how working memory is 'formatted' -- a finding that enhances our understanding of how visual memories are stored. A team of scientists has discovered how working ...

A team of Japanese neurologists and physiologists has found that momentarily suspending breathing in mice during a learning exercise can inhibit memory retention. In their study, reported in the ...

For the first time, neuroscientists have recorded the brain activity of a dying person, revealing a brain wave pattern similar to that seen when memories are recalled. Although only a single case ...