Ordinary human cells, not just neurons, respond more strongly to memory signals when they arrive in spaced bursts rather than ...

In the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, science has found a way to erase bad memories. The movie ultimately makes the point that our memories form our identities, and as painful as it is ...

In movies the Neuralyzer erases memory in a flash — but in real life, scientists are beginning to understand how the brain actively removes or reshapes memories. From sleep re-cueing experiments to ...

Stanford scientists found that aging disrupts the brain’s internal navigation system in mice, mirroring spatial memory ...

Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61649-6 Researchers at The University of Manchester's National Graphene Institute have developed a new class of programmable nanofluidic ...

Alzheimer’s disease affects more than seven million Americans, slowly erasing memory and thinking skills. For decades, doctors have relied on painful spinal taps, expensive brain scans, and imperfect ...

A new model suggests that astrocytes might be used in computation, coordinating with neurons and connecting synapses in networks. A new model of memory — and a little-heralded type of brain cell — ...

The potential of brain-computer interfaces ‘could be magical,’ but their collection of large amounts of neural data also ...

The human brain shrinks as it ages, affecting the ability to remember — it’s part of life. Yet there are a lucky few, called “SuperAgers,” who possess a brain that fights back. For these people, ...

French and Canadian scientists reactivate mitochondria energy in neurons and successfully restore memory in mice with ...

Our brains may work best when teetering on the edge of chaos. A new theory suggests that criticality a sweet spot between order and randomness is the secret to learning, memory, and adaptability. When ...

I was scrolling on my phone, half-listening to a podcast I’d already played twice, when my brain decided to rerun a moment ...