His research focuses on memory loss and how memories are created. He's working with sea snails, fruit flies and human brains to better understand the complexities of long-term memory.

Learn more about the different types of memory mechanisms your brain uses and which is the most important.

Discover how extended work hours can change brain structure, affecting emotional regulation and memory, according to recent research findings.

Procedural memory is a form of long-term memory that enables people to learn and execute tasks. It has been described as a kind of implicit memory: Unlike when a person recalls facts or images ...

A new study shows how individual brain cells in the hippocampus respond to pronouns. "This may help us unravel how we remember what we read," say the authors. Their research is published in the ...

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

More frequent use of marijuana damages the brain’s working memory, which could lead to issues with safety, communications and work success, a new study found. “Working memory is the ability to ...

Overworking physically alters brain regions responsible for executive functions and emotional stability, according to a new study, with potential long-term impact. Experts weighed in.

Cannabis use can significantly impact the part of the brain responsible for following instructions, responding during conversations, or remembering a question long enough to answer it. This type ...

A peek into living tissue from human hippocampi, a brain region crucial for memory and learning, revealed relatively few cell-to-cell connections for the vast number of nerve cells.

Depending on which neurons are activated during learning, the subsequent connections formed when multiple brain regions fire simultaneously form the physical representation of the memory.