Memory is not a recording device. It doesn't play back events like a video camera would. Instead, it's a remarkably active, creative process that reconstructs the past each time we reach for it.

For almost a century, psychologists and neuroscientists have been trying to understand how humans memorize different types of ...

A new brain imaging study shows that the hippocampus (green) is the brain's master storyteller, weaving memories of past events into a coherent narrative. Image: Brendan Cohn-Sheehy, Center for ...

Recognition memory research encompasses a diverse range of models and decision processes that characterise how individuals differentiate between previously encountered stimuli and novel items. At the ...

Neuroinflammation, a prolonged activation of the brain's immune system prompted by infections or other factors, has been linked to the disruption of normal mental functions. Past studies, for instance ...

Just kind of curious, I was planning to get a 4GB GTX 680, to load up Skyrim texture mods, as my 1.5GB GTX 580 doesn't cut it. So I got to wondering if there was any limitation regarding video memory ...