Lewy body dementia is a serious and progressive brain disorder that affects how a person thinks, moves, and behaves over time. It is the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease, ...

In the sprawling theater of the animal kingdom, memory plays a crucial role not only in survival but also in the rich tapestry of daily animal behavior. While often synonymous with humans, the concept ...

A team of Australian and international scientists has, for the first time, created a full picture of how errors unfold over time inside a quantum computer—a breakthrough that could help make future ...

Parts of the web appear to have stopped working amid a technical problem at Cloudflare. Visitors to websites such as X, formerly known as Twitter, and film reviewing ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers have known that children often don’t focus on tasks and tend to “over explore” instead of paying attention to what they should be doing. However, why they do that remains ...

Summary: New research shows that the brain’s ability to detect subtle visual changes—like spotting an anomaly on a security monitor—depends on theta-frequency brain waves (3–6 Hz) that rhythmically ...

Self-reported cognitive disability has risen notably over the past decade, climbing from 5.3% to 7.4%. The increase was most pronounced among younger adults (18–39), where rates nearly doubled. Those ...

It took a series of aviation disasters for safety experts to realize the critical role of working memory when pilots and technicians juggle competing tasks. In some cases, technicians made apparently ...

I remember the scene vividly: I was standing in the bathroom doorway, whisk in hand, with no clue why I came into the room. You’ve probably had a similar experience, where your working memory deserts ...

Visual working memory (VWM) is a limited-capacity system where working memory items compete for retrieval. Some items are maintained in the working memory in the “region of direct access,” which holds ...