Early Dementia Reversal Possible Through Active Social Life, Research Suggests

MEDICINE & HEALTH 03.08.2022 02:36 AM

Dementia is a crippling cognitive disability that often targets older adults. Click to find what can possibly prevent early sings of the illness.

Brain Retrieves Irrelevant Information In Older Adults Due To Abundance Of Memories Resulting To Poorer Memory Performance

02.13.2022 23:21 PM

A psychological study explains how older adults tend to have problems when retrieving memories. People often forget as they get older due to the challenges in the neurological processes that retrieve memories.

Changes in Heart Size Could Affect Memory and Thinking Abilities in Middle Age, Study Suggests

01.26.2022 21:54 PM

A new study shows that people with enlarged hearts tend to have poorer thinking skills when they reached middle age, but it could be detected through routine heart scans.

Why Forgetting Is Not Really a Bad Thing? Here's What Neuroscientists Say

01.14.2022 03:22 AM

A new study theorizes that forgetting memories is a form of learning, contrary to the general knowledge that it is only a dump system of our brain.

Better Sleeping Experience Could Improve How We Remember Names and Faces

01.13.2022 10:00 AM

A new study reveals that an uninterrupted sleep could help people remember names and faces better. A study conducted by psychology and neuroscience experts revealed that a better sleeping experience could help people remember names and faces.

Pandemic Has Changed the Way People Perceive Time: Physical Distancing, Memories of Intense Feelings Seemingly Slow Down Days

12.31.2021 08:00 AM

Stressful moments in life, such as the COVID-19 pandemic can change the way people perceive time as emotions are a big factor in how fast or slow time passes. But there are ways to help the mind back on its track.

Mouse Learning Ability Helps to Specify Brain Lobes that Stores Knowledge and Semantic Memories

09.23.2021 21:11 PM

A new study determined how knowledge and and semantic memories work, as well as the brain area where learning is stored.

Brain Cells Destroyed as Neurons Learn Faster; DNA Breaks May Provide Answer to Genetics

09.05.2021 23:47 PM

MIT research shows that brain cells break their own double-stranded DNA as one learns quickly. DNA damage, although known to have negative effects, has beneficial functions.

Cuttlefish: Extraordinary Sharp Memory of Sepia officinalis Breaks Aging Limitations

08.18.2021 02:23 AM

The unbelievable sharp memory of cuttlefish was analyzed in recent research, and it was found that their ability does not fade quickly.

Graphene-Diamond Junctions Mimic Human Perception, Memory; Leads Way for New Class of Computers

08.04.2021 06:40 AM

A new study led by Japanese researchers managed to configure graphene-diamond junctions to mimic certain functions of the human brain, opening possibilities for more complex computing devices.

Recent Neurological Study Suggests Short Breaks Replay Memories, Help People Learn New Skills

06.09.2021 02:14 AM

A recent study conducted by NIH shows that short breaks have a significant impact on the way people learn new skills.

Brain's Memory Center Can Recognize Patterns During 'Infantile Amnesia,' But You Cannot Remember Being a Baby

05.24.2021 08:00 AM

Researchers from Yale University found that the hippocampus, the brain's memory center, can already recognize and learn patterns as young as three months.

Photo-Taking Can Damage One's Memory, Research Shows

04.28.2021 01:15 AM

A new study shows that merely accomplishing two tasks at once like photo-taking and viewing could result in the impairment or damage of memory, especially pertaining to those photographed objects.

Brain Rotates Sensory Information to Prevent Overwriting Short-Term Memory

04.26.2021 01:57 AM

A study on mice showed that sensory information is rotated in the brain by 90 degrees to turn them into memories without the new information overlapping with the short-term memory.

Childhood Amnesia: Experts Finally Explain Why You Can't Remember Your Childhood

02.28.2021 00:39 AM

Childhood amnesia is real. But we don't fully understand it like most things to do with memory. But experts finally explain this childhood mystery.

Did Scientists Just Erase Snails’ Memory Again?

01.15.2021 03:25 AM

Experiment shows some memories are encoded in molecules that form part of a snail's genetic machinery, researchers claim.

Learning New Language Benefits Our Brain

12.18.2020 08:00 AM

Here are five reasons why learning a new language is beneficial to the brain. In the past, people believed that learning more than one language is bad for a child's development and that it can result in a low IQ.

Maximizing Productivity: Dos and Don'ts of Listening to Music

11.10.2020 09:00 AM

Music is a part of our daily lives that typically affect our mood and concentration. Listening to music is something we love to do at any time of the day like during our daily commute to work or school, during workouts, or playing our favorite lo-fi playlist while studying.

5-Evidence Based Exercises To Improve Memory and Focus

11.10.2020 04:30 AM

The brain should be taken care of, so here are five brain exercises to improve your memory, focus, and daily functionality.

Four Ways to Promote Neuronal Growth

11.09.2020 22:00 PM

Is it possible to grow new brain cells as an adult? Here are four ways to promote neuronal growth and improve memory with age.

Memory Is What Elevates Humans From Animals

11.06.2020 05:00 AM

Memory is the cornerstone in human intelligence that makes humans the most clever among all the species in the animal kingdom.