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

However, some people have specific cases of exceptional memory, like having an uncanny head for numbers, or an obsessive ...

From Edison to Taylor Swift, the brain is a living phonograph—recording and replaying the grooves of memory, culture, and ...

Zhengang Lu and Russell Epstein, from the University of Pennsylvania, led a study to explore how people maintain their sense of direction while navigating naturalistic, virtual reality cities. The ...

Researchers discovered two brain regions that work as a “neural compass,” keeping people oriented in virtual city navigation. These areas tracked direction consistently, hinting at new ways to detect ...

A study of human brain organoids has revealed a new potential target for Alzheimer’s disease treatments 1. As an alternative to working with postmortem brain tissue or mouse models, Peng-Ming Zeng at ...

In a discovery that could reshape how we think about memory, researchers at Flinders University have found that forgetting is ...

A team of scientists from the University of Cambridge and the University of Leeds has uncovered a way to restore memory in older mice, raising hopes that age-related memory decline in humans might one ...

A new model of memory — and a little-heralded type of brain cell — might explain why the human brain has such a huge storage capacity, researchers reported in the journal PNAS in May. The study looks ...

Using a corkscrew, writing a letter with a pen or unlocking a door by turning a key are actions that seem simple but actually require a complex orchestration of precise movements. So, how does the ...