Boosting mitochondrial calcium by inhibiting the LETM1 protein enhances long-term memory formation in flies and mice.

The traditional model of memory proposes that different types of long term memory are processed in separate brain modules.

Lifestyle choices have a huge bearing on your ability to focus and productivity quotient. So, to perform well in exams and improve concentration, one needs to make smart choices.

Excessive social media use fragments attention, promotes shallow thinking, reinforces echo chambers, and weakens memory and executive function. It also alters brain function, heightens reactivity, and ...

In uncertain times, cognitive science shows how simple tasks like Tetris may help women interrupt trauma and reclaim mental agency.

A protein called klotho is reshaping how scientists understand cognitive aging, offering the first clear molecular link ...

This study uses a Bayesian framework to characterize latent brain state dynamics associated with memory encoding and performance in children, as measured with functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Specifically, the team found changes in the histone variant H2A.Z, which has been previously linked to long-term memory. Acetate also increased the expression of genes linked to learning in the female ...

This important study describes long-range serial dependence of performance on a visual texture discrimination training task that manipulated conditions to induce differing degrees of location transfer ...

Adults age 65 and older who completed five to six weeks of cognitive speed training—in this case, speed of processing training, which helps people quickly find visual information on a computer screen ...

Microsoft Researchers Figure Out How to Store Data Inside Glass Using Lasers ...

A novel quantitative PET- and MRI-based imaging approach can objectively identify a recently recognized type of ...