Imagine a world where painful memories no longer haunt you. Scientists are working on ways to ease the burden of traumatic experiences, and recent discoveries in Japan have sparked hope. Researchers ...

Researchers have reversed memory loss in aging mice by targeting a protein that builds up in brain cells, pointing toward a potential pathway to counter the cognitive declines of aging. In a new study ...

In the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, science has found a way to erase bad memories. The movie ultimately makes the point that our memories form our identities, and as painful as it is ...

The colorful packages lining supermarket shelves hide more than convenience—they contain ingredients potentially damaging your brain’s ability to form and retain memories. While food technology has ...

Why do some people remain healthy through childhood yet become more vulnerable to brain disorders such as dementia later in life? A KAIST (President Kwang Hyung Lee) -led team has uncovered a key part ...

The hippocampus serves as the primary learning and memory center of the brain, but this is not where our memories are held. Rather, memory traces or engrams are represented by the connections between ...

The article “Epigenetic Priming of Memory Updating during Reconsolidation to Attenuate Remote Fear Memories” (published in Cell Magazine Volume 156, Issues 1-2, 16 January 2014, Pages 261-276) makes a ...

"The combined amount of evidence implicates sleep in a bi-directional relationship with dementia, meaning that poor sleep ...

In the world of Harry Potter, one’s memory can be manipulated with the flick of a wand. Albus Dumbledore reels wispy memories out of his head and puts them in a Pensieve. If he later dunks his head in ...