Background Social memory-the ability to recognize familiar individuals and distinguish them from strangers-is fundamental to social cognition. Deficits in social memory are hallmarks of multiple ...

Memory is not a recording device. It doesn't play back events like a video camera would. Instead, it's a remarkably active, ...

Smell can evoke powerful memories, subtly influence attraction, and even regulate stress. But research suggests that what we sense depends as much on experience as on biology.

Researchers have used brain imaging to show how memories can be reactivated in the brain without them reaching conscious awareness, showing that these memories persist even when we think they have ...

Researchers use MEG imaging to show that the brain reactivates "forgotten" memories, but they only reach consciousness if they pulse at a specific rhythm.

Letting an AI assistant handle the hard parts of thinking feels efficient in the moment, but a growing body of cognitive science research suggests that convenience comes at a measurable cost. When ...

While driving recently, a long-forgotten song came on the radio. I found myself singing along; not only did I know all the ...

The results include a comparison between two different basis functions for temporal selectivity and how these generate different predictions for the dynamics of neural populations. The conclusions are ...

A new genomic study isolates a mania-specific factor that explains over 80% of bipolar disorder’s genetic risk, tying it to calcium-channel signaling and risk‑taking traits.

Her research group also receives funding from the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, as well as the Regional Government of Galicia and FEDER. My grandmother Leontina, who recently ...

Marilu Henner can immediately remember everything she did Feb. 24, 1977. It was a Thursday. She was living in New York. She ...

This study used pupillometry to provide an objective assessment of a form of synesthesia in which people see additional color when reading numbers. It provides convincing evidence that subjective ...