Want to learn more quickly, and retain more of what you learn? Neuroscience says boosting your memory is relatively easy.

Working memory is what allows humans to juggle different pieces of information in short-term scenarios, like making a mental grocery list and then going shopping or remembering and then dialing a ...

As a teen who occasionally struggled in school, Yanjaa Wintersoul never imagined she’d one day gain recognition for having one of the best memories in the world. “In high school I almost didn’t ...

What would it be like to be able to remember anything you ever learned? Would it be a blessing or a curse? Beginning in the early 20th century, psychologists have identified numerous cases of people ...

As researchers try to build more complex computers that get closer to emulating the way the human brain works, one of the areas of focus is memory. Existing chips, hard disks and tape drives are great ...

Facts and ideas can be mapped in ways that show how they relate to each other. The map drawing usually begins with outlined notes, because few people can think fast enough to construct a map in ...

Has this ever happened to you? You’re having dinner with your family or friends. Suddenly, your beverage gets knocked over, and it spills all over the table, making a mess. Think back to that moment.

*160 terabytes … that’s the size of the world’s current largest single–memory computing system. Bearing in mind that a terabyte is equal to 1000 gigabytes, it’s unimaginable that such a computer ...

Some researchers suggest these are not distinct types of memory, but rather stages of memory. In this view, memory begins in sensory memory, transitions to short-term memory, and then may move to long ...