If the brain isn't limited by memory space, why don't we remember everything? This is because the brain's memory system runs ...

There isn’t a meaningful limit to how much information the brain can store,”says Boston College psychology and neuroscience Professor Elizabeth Kensinger. Indeed, the brain’s memory system is not ...

The brain constantly toggles between focusing on external sensory information and internal mental representations like ...

Life may unfold as a continuous stream, but our memories tell a different story. We do not recall the past as one long, ...

Your brain doesn't work in modern life. In medical terms, here’s what we think is happening: Brain scans now reveal that ...

A team of researchers has discovered that a protein called cypin plays a powerful role in helping brain cells connect and ...

Can memory influence what and how much we eat? A Monell Chemical Senses Center study, which links food memory to overeating, ...

The three brain regions are familiar to memory researchers. Each functions like a government agency in a spy novel, with multiple tasks and vast intercommunications. Retrieving—or dampening down—a ...

Immune system, brain structure and memory linked. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 29, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 04 / 170426092340.htm. University of Basel.

How the study worked. Although we all do it every day, sleep remains somewhat mysterious. "A lot of things are happening during sleep," said the paper's senior author, Itzhak Fried, a neurosurgeon ...