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A massive international brain study has revealed that memory decline with age isn’t driven by a single brain region or gene, but by widespread structural changes across the brain that build up over ...

By documenting moments and facts with digital ease, your brain’s ability to encode and retain that information in long-term ...

Lapses in memory are a normal part of ageing but can also be signs of dementia. Here’s how to distinguish between typical ...

Why some memories persist while others vanish has fascinated scientists for more than a century. Now, new research from the Stowers Institute has identified the mechanism that makes a fleeting moment ...

True photographic memory as depicted in pop culture doesn’t exist. That’s because too much detail would defeat our ability to make a quick decision based on experience. However, some people have ...

Short-term memories are thought to be formed deep within the brain in structures such as the hippocampus, but little is known ...

The brain may reuse some cells to store many different memories without mixing them up with or erasing older memories, a new study in mice suggests.