Through undirected observation, one can become free from the tyranny of conditioning and experience direct awareness of ...

Instead, memory is overvalued and given primacy, as it is by Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel in his book, “In Search of Memory.” Kandel says that he would “like to develop a reductionist approach to the ...

Studies show THC can influence multiple stages of memory formation, shaping not just what we remember—but how accurately we ...

A recent paper authored by UC Santa Barbara doctoral student alum Joanna Tang and professor Carla D’Antonio in the Ecology, ...

It has long been known that environmental conditions can shape how traits are inherited, a phenomenon known as transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. However, the molecular signals responsible for ...

Four-time Jeopardy! Contestant Monica Thieu shares eight simple psychological tricks that quickly boost memory and recall.

After 50, the years speed up because your brain has stopped recording much of what's happening—and there are specific reasons why.

The brain reads injustice as a threat—to status, to safety, to the predictability of social rules—and encodes the evidence of ...

Stress influences what we learn and remember. The hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful situations, can make emotional memories in particular stronger. But how exactly does cortisol ...

Does the hippocampus only track location? A new study shows how the brain's memory center shifts activity between anterior ...