A habit of texting while watching TV could weaken our ability to focus on and retain information at other times.

As one of the most arbitrary things about a person, a name is usually among the first pieces of information our brains filter out.

People have on average 4-6 dreams per night, and forget most of them.

Not only is it normal, it's "a sign of high cognitive functioning."

It's mostly genetics, but privilege plays a big part in the making of a prodigy.

Nostalgia is a coping mechanism for dark times.

To prevent people from reliving traumatic experiences, the brain processes and stores such memories differently.

In an age of typing and texting, this feels like an analog anomaly.

Mental stimulation and the stability of employee health benefits keep women sharp.

How can two childhood friends remember the same moment so differently?

Study finds higher cortisol levels lead to lower brain volume and impaired memory.

Take a deep breath, but not through the mouth.

That person at the party did seem vaguely familiar.

You'll remember that one girl's name in no time.

It's not inception, it's just the way the brain develops.

Stop worrying about your worrying. A new study from the University of Waterloo has found a surprising benefit of anxiety: better memory. That is, anxiety affects memory positively — as long as the anxiety stays at manageable levels. “People with 

We’ve already explored the effects of multitasking on our parenting. But how much does it affect our ability to remember? New research led by Castel and Catherine Middlebrooks, a UCLA graduate student, found that while divided attention does impair memory, people can 

Since camera phones proliferated, photos have become easy and mindless — but maybe not as mindless as we think. New research shows that the act of taking photographs may actually help us remember the visual details of the experience it