Memory defines us in so many ways, but it’s not exactly what we think it is. We tend to imagine memory almost like a filing cabinet — a faithful record of the past we can pull from when needed. But ...

Memories in mice persisted even after they lost the connections that we thought were needed for recall, expanding our ...

Someone once said that memory is fascinating because sometimes we forget what we want to remember, sometimes we remember what we want to forget, and sometimes we remember events that never happened or ...

A team led by BBRF grantees has proposed a markedly new way of understanding the role of dopamine in the brain in processes involved in learning and memory. The revised view of the neurotransmitter ...

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Significant scientific advances often come after previous models of understanding are overturned, and the team is excited to see where this line of research will take them. "This new finding has ...

Explicit memory is a type of long-term memory that’s concerned with recollection of facts and events. You may also see explicit memory referred to as declarative memory. Explicit memory requires you ...

It isn't news that eyewitness testimony is sometimes inaccurate. What might be news, however, is that significant research makes plain that it is often wrong, even when the eyewitness believes they ...

Data visualization — and its close cousin, visual information design — is an often underrated skill; however, it plays a critical role in communicating information to an audience. More than just ...