In our age of information overload, remembering things can be a daunting task. But as a memory researcher and college professor, I’ve found some hope in that challenge. In January 2021, like millions ...

Researchers measured acetylcholine production in participants' brains at the beginning and end of the 10-week trial.

A new study offers the first strong evidence in humans that cognitive training can increase levels of a brain chemical that ...

Working memory is what allows humans to juggle different pieces of information in short-term scenarios, like making a mental grocery list and then going shopping or remembering and then dialing a ...

Want to learn a new skill and actually remember it? We have some good news, courtesy of a new scientific study. Let’s give you the 3-part trick upfront, and then explain the genesis. In short, if you ...

As researchers try to build more complex computers that get closer to emulating the way the human brain works, one of the areas of focus is memory. Existing chips, hard disks and tape drives are great ...

Machine learning can get a boost from quantum physics. On certain types of machine learning tasks, quantum computers have an exponential advantage over standard computation, scientists report in the ...