Have you ever put your keys down and then quickly forgotten where to find them? When you try to recall where you might have left them, you are drawing on working memory, which is the ability to ...

He drew a distinction between the facts we learn and the experiences we remember, which he argued are part of what makes us human. By Clay Risen Endel Tulving, whose insights into the structure of ...

By working to understand how new AI systems integrate flexible and incremental learning, researchers gained insights about ...

Have you ever forgotten a lunch date and stood up a good friend? This can be embarrassing and disconcerting, a potential sign that your memory just isn’t what it used to be. But, according to a new ...

ST. LOUIS - Forgot where you put your keys? Can't recall an acquaintance's name? Have no idea why you're standing in front of the refrigerator? Don't worry. Joshua Foer, a skeptical reporter, ...

There are countless metaphors for memory. It’s a leaky bucket, a steel trap, a file cabinet, words written in sand. But one of the most evocative — and neuroscientifically descriptive — invokes Lego ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Forgot where you put your keys? Can't recall an acquaintance's name? Have no idea why you're standing in front of the ...

Share on Pinterest Do all our cells have a type of memory, and if so, how might this influence health? We investigate. Design by MNT; Photography by Grant Faint/Getty Images & Ed Reschke/Getty Images.

Have you ever put your keys down and then quickly forgotten where to find them? When you try to recall where you might have left them, you are drawing on working memory, which is the ability to ...