Working memory is a crucial element of higher cognition in both primates—which include humans—and corvids. In their studies, with the help of two jackdaws, researchers at Ruhr University Bochum have ...

We tend to think of people's memories as being either good or bad. However, you might know someone with a terrible memory for names and faces who is very good at learning languages. Another person ...

In the arena of cognitive psychology, scientists typically devise laboratory tasks that have little to do with everyday life in order to test a theoretical model. Findings from such experiments help ...

Memory is an interesting thing. Most of us may wish it was better. We may envy those with “photographic” memory or people who seem to have no trouble recalling phone numbers, matching faces to names, ...

Memory concerns don’t have to become inevitable realities after age 40. The brain possesses remarkable plasticity throughout life, and strategic interventions beginning in the fifth decade can ...

“Our research shows that we can help people with mild cognitive impairment improve the amount of information they learn and remember; however, different cognitive training approaches engage the brain ...

Forgetting where you put your keys or blanking on someone’s name can be frustrating, especially when it happens at the most inconvenient moments. The good news is that you don't need fancy pills, ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Google Cloud AI Research have developed a framework that enables large language model (LLM) agents to organize their experiences into a ...

Many people have had the experience of smelling something — maybe a perfume or food — that triggers a memory, often from early childhood. Venki Murthy, a neuroscientist and director of the Center for ...