One of the most actively debated questions about human and non-human culture is this: under what circumstances might we expect culture, in particular the ability to learn from one another, to be ...

New research reveals brain circuits follow daily schedules for memory formation, with specific hours offering advantages for ...

In our age of information overload, remembering things can be a daunting task. But as a memory researcher and college professor, I’ve found some hope in that challenge. In January 2021, like millions ...

Sure, success sometimes is sometimes the result of whom you know. Still: Long-term success is almost always based on what you know. That’s why most successful people try to be lifelong learners. And ...

Working memory is what allows humans to juggle different pieces of information in short-term scenarios, like making a mental grocery list and then going shopping or remembering and then dialing a ...

The more you know, the smarter you can be. The more you know about how to memorize, the more you will know. I identify five steps for thinking effectively about how to memorize. Step 1. What NOT to ...

“If you really want to understand the brain, you have to take the top off and look inside,” says Roger Nicoll, MD. But don’t flip your wig just yet -- Nicoll's UCSF research team is learning about the ...

A new study from Tohoku University suggests that the brain’s ability to form long-term memories varies across the day.

We all have things we need to remember. A pitch. A presentation. Material for a test. So you study. You read and re-read. And highlight. And re-read again. You devote what at least feel like endless ...

Researchers have developed a powerful new software toolbox that allows realistic brain models to be trained directly on data. This open-source framework, called JAXLEY, combines the precision of ...

Learning is a lifelong endeavor. But it is not the same endeavor all your life long. Your brain changes over the course of time, and so does your social and physical environment. In each phase of life ...

Lily Fincher and Omar Etman show how to play a math memory game. Lily Fincher and Omar Etman show how to play a math memory game. They make two sets of cards depicting something they’ve learned ...