Short-term memory loss is scary because one would expect things that they just saw to be front of their mind. If you feel ...

Drinking alcohol can also cause both short term and long term changes to your brain. Here’s what you need to know.

Rather than holding information in specific areas of the brain, our memories are represented by the connections between neurons, called synapses. According to a recent study from the Salk Institute in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Even just one night of less than six hours of rest can impair short-term memory. By Dani Blum We’re all familiar with the feeling of running on fumes after a night of little to no sleep. Sleep ...

Eating flavanol-rich foods like dark chocolate or berries may boost memory performance. How? By synchronizing stress hormones with the brain’s natural window for locking in new information, according ...

Do you struggle with your short term memory? It may be due to what you're eating. These foods in particular negatively impact your short term memory.

Research continues to indicate how imperative it is for us to start protecting our memory earlier in life. But when it comes to implicit vs. explicit memory, what’s the difference? Why are they ...

A sweeping analysis of more than 70 studies reveals that short-term fasting has little effect on how the adult brain performs ...