It’s normal to occasionally forget where you left your keys, struggle to recall a new name or wonder if you’ve already taken your daily medication. “Everyone has memory slips now and again,” says ...

Multitasking usually lowers productivity because most people are “task switching,” which creates a mental “switch cost” that slows processing and reduces accuracy. Switching between tasks strains ...

If you ask your friends about their favorite memories, they may mention their first kiss, a wedding day, or perhaps even giving birth to their child. It’s usually an important moment in time. But how ...

A new study from UNC School of Medicine researchers, published this week in Neuron, reveals a unique look at how junk food rewires the brain's memory hub—leading to risk of cognitive dysfunction. This ...

Ashley Wong, PharmD, is an experienced pharmacist and medical writer who translates medical and drug information into easily digestible language. Effect on memory: Benzodiazepines are known to affect ...

The traditional model of memory proposes that different types of long term memory are processed in separate brain modules.

The third paper 1 from our international survey of 1,144 electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) recipients and family members is now published, in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Ethical Human ...

A long-term study of older adults with moderate hearing loss found that hearing aids did not lead to better performance on memory or thinking tests, but the story did not end there. Over seven years, ...