Memory effect refers to a temporary or permanent loss of capacity in a battery when it’s discharged. Experts don’t totally agree on why this happens or how to keep it from lessening the capacity of ...

Menopause — the end of a woman’s reproductive years — can bring a range of symptoms, including hot flashes, night sweats, and brain fog. Hormone therapy, to boost the levels of hormones that decrease ...

Memory for actions, commonly termed the enactment effect, refers to a robust enhancement in memory when individuals physically perform actions during encoding rather than simply reading or hearing ...

Research confirms Proust’s insight. Smell and taste have direct neural links to the hippocampus, which processes memory, and the amygdala, which processes emotions. This is why odour or taste‑evoked ...

New research from UC Santa Barbara shows that mind-wandering — those moments where our attention drifts away from a task at ...