Even with highly extensive training, the human brain is not really capable of performing two tasks simultaneously. Moreover, even the smallest deviations from trained routines can have a significant ...

Not everyone has a perfect memory, and people who remember faces but almost always forget names often actually have high-IQ traits that explain their brain process.

Your mind goes blank in the supermarket. What was it you meant to buy? Here’s what’s going on in your brain and when you need ...

Most previous studies have only looked at one or two types of memory, like recalling lists of words. This is the first study to comprehensively examine many different memory systems at once, and what ...

Smoking cannabis can do more than blur memories. It can reshape them. A new Washington State University study found that people who consumed THC were more likely to recall words that were never ...

It’s true that the brain slows down as we age, but that’s normal—and all of us can practice some simple strategies to compensate for it.

Building a model of the phenomenon you’re studying can help you understand how that thing works. Roadmaps are models of the highways and roads between here and there. We use them to predict how we ...

This morning, shares of two of the largest computer memory companies that trade on U.S. markets are up yet again. The stock prices of Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) and Sandisk Corporation ...