An international team led by Jaime de Juan-Sanz at the Paris Brain Institute has shown that slightly increasing the metabolic capacity of neurons can enhance long-term memory in both fruit flies and ...

One of the biggest myths about memory is that “You can’t increase your memory by training it." WRONG! I can sort of appreciate why this myth might be accepted (‘If I can’t do anything about it, there ...

Fuel your brain from the very first meal of the day. Reviewed by Dietitian Katey Davidson, M.Sc.FN, RD, CPT Our Avocado & Smoked Salmon Omelet is a top breakfast for memory and overall brain health.

In the 1920s, a Russian journalist named Solomon Shereshevsky became famous for his extraordinary memory. He could memorize and repeat up to 70 unrelated words, provided they were read about three ...

Memory acts as the invisible thread linking our past experiences to present awareness, shaping who we are and how we learn. Far from being fixed, though, memory is a dynamic system. It's constantly ...

It’s exam season in Australia. Year 12 students are sitting final exams, while university and younger school students also face end-of-year assessments. No doubt, students will be spending time ...

As a researcher investigating how electric brain stimulation can improve people’s powers of recollection, I’m often asked how memory works – and what we can do to use it more effectively. Happily, ...

As the popular saying goes, “An elephant never forgets — or does it? Elephants are intelligent mammals that can recall faces and places, but how much can they actually remember? Let’s find out about ...

The brain is one of the most energy-demanding organs in the body. Whenever we articulate a thought, reason, or form a new memory, neurons become active. This activity requires fuel in the form of ATP, ...