I’ve struggled with one particular maddening thing for as long as I can remember: When I get up to grab or do something, there’s a good chance I’ll have to go back where I started to remember why I ...

Can you remember what you had for breakfast three days ago? How about where you've left your car keys? It can often be difficult to remember basic actions in our day-to-day lives. Usually recalling ...

Why your short-term memory falters, and how to make it better. Credit...Joyce Lee for The New York Times Supported by By Caroline Hopkins Q: Some thoughts vanish from my brain as soon as I think of ...

Drugs that effectively treat disorders of the brain are very challenging to develop. In the past few decades, researchers have begun to investigate how lasers might be used as an alternative treatment ...

If you ask your friends about their favorite memories, they may mention their first kiss, a wedding day, or perhaps even giving birth to their child. It’s usually an important moment in time. But how ...

Playing a rhythm-based game for eight weeks helps non-musicians become better at remembering recently seen faces. This suggests that learning to play an instrument could improve short-term memory for ...

Memory acts as the invisible thread linking our past experiences to present awareness, shaping who we are and how we learn. Far from being fixed, though, memory is a dynamic system. It's constantly ...

A cap used to zap the brain with electrodes appeared to improve short-term memory for adults older than 65, according to a new study. Researchers who published the study in the journal Nature ...

Some of my best ideas come to me when I’m exercising. At least I think they’re some of my best ideas; by the time I actually get a chance to write them down, I’ve often forgotten them. While you could ...

We tend to take our ability to remember things like faces, phone numbers, other people's names, and events for granted until they are impaired by memory loss due to Alzheimer’s disease and other ...

Episodic memory is a type of long-term memory. It helps you remember the time, place, and details surrounding a specific event or experience in your life. For example, remembering what you had for ...