Our memory records details and detects patterns in everyday life—often without us even realizing it. Researchers at Lund University have for the first time succeeded in showing that the brain does both these things simultaneously ...
Apr 27, 2026
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The hippocampus is a crucial part of the brain that plays a role in memory and learning, especially in remembering directions and locations. New research from the University of Chicago shows how this small, curved structure ...
Apr 10, 2026
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You might say you have a "bad memory" because you don't remember what cake you had at your last birthday party or the plot of a movie you watched last month. On the other hand, you might precisely recall the surface temperature ...
Feb 1, 2026
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A new study into how different parts of memory work in the brain has shown that the same brain areas are involved in retrieving different types of information, according to researchers from the School of Psychology at the ...
Jan 27, 2026
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Human memory is fundamental to everything we do. From remembering the face of a new acquaintance to finding the cell phone that one just left on a table, one's "visual working memory"—the core cognitive system that retains ...
Jul 10, 2023
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When people are in a negative mood, they may be quicker to spot inconsistencies in things they read, a new University of Arizona-led study suggests.
Jan 13, 2023
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Research presented today (Monday 1 August) at the 2022 Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) in San Diego across two presentations suggest people who experience racism are more likely to have poor memory ...
Aug 2, 2022
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