LiveScience Topic:
Memory

News and information about how the mind works and why memory is such a complex affair.

Study finds increased memory loss in patients who have had an infection.
Reading, writing, other brain exercises put off memory decline of dementia.
A new survey reveals who is most likely to take naps.
People should understand that the researchers are using the term "memory" very differently than most people do.
Researchers have found evidence for short-term memory in 30 week old fetuses
The disparities between what younger people expect will happen as they age, and what really happens, are stark.
For the first time, scientists have captured an image of a memory being made at the cellular level.
Students who had endured a ring later scored about 25 percent worse.
The ability can prove to be socially awkward.
Is each of us inhabited by a soul that has lived previous lives earlier in history?
Brain imaging shows circadian signal suppressed by sleep pressure in early birds.
Worried your memory will fade as you age? Don't think about it!
Scientists have shown that injecting an experimental drug into the brain can completely erase long-term memory in animals. This research could lead to new treatments for those who suffer from painful memories.
People performed better in memory tests during lousy weather when they were a little grumpy.
Those who had known nothing but poverty scored about 20 percent lower on working memory.
Researchers develop technique that overwrites fearful memories, at least in rats.
Whether it is a name, date or directions, there always seems to be something new to remember.
Research suggests women's pain during sex should be reclassified as a pain disorder rather than a sexual dysfunction.