That’s especially true for remembering things you want to do. Psychologists call them prospective memories: remembering to perform a planned action, or recall a planned intention, at some point in the ...

While mentally disconnecting doesn’t sound productive, when it comes to remembering more, it is: Without those intermittent ...

Bedtime stories and songs boost children's memory and brain power. Research shows these routines improve language skills and ...

Turn words into vivid mental images. When you associate information with a strong visual—like picturing a red apple for “A”—your brain forms deeper connections. The more unusual or colourful the image ...

The researchers found that measures of obstructive sleep apnea-related hypoxemia significantly predicted global white matter hyperintensity volume of the brain, which was driven by hypoxemia severity ...

Just four days of eating junk food can disrupt memory. A high-fat, ultraprocessed diet overstimulates certain brain cells and affects how memories are processed. The hippocampus is especially ...

Your memory during exams isn’t just related to how much you study. It is also about how your brain functions under pressure.

Our personalities are strongly formed by memories. Among the most significant may be those whose details have faded.