Scientists discovered that sleep deprivation damages a key brain circuit responsible for social memory, making it harder to recognize familiar individuals. In laboratory studies, caffeine restored ...

In the early 1960s, scientists discovered Nitinol, a nickel-titanium alloy with a shape memory effect. This remarkable material can be bent or deformed when cool but returns to its original shape when ...

Mandela Effect” Moments That Still Mess With People’s Memories The Mandela Effect isn’t proof that reality is glitching ...

Share on Pinterest Heavy cannabis use could negatively impact certain types of memory, largest study of its kind to date has found. Image credit: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg/Getty Images. Cannabis use ...

Large groups of people sometimes share the same memory of an event or detail that never actually happened. This strange phenomenon is known as the Mandela Effect, and it has become one of the internet ...

It’s a popular example of the “Mandela effect,” or a collective false memory. And while some people may laugh and move on, others spend years searching for an explanation. There is a shirt currently ...

Share on Pinterest The type of hormone therapy may affect memory performance after menopause, new research suggests. Alfian Widiantono/Getty Images Menopause — the end of a woman’s reproductive years ...

Ashley Wong, PharmD, is an experienced pharmacist and medical writer who translates medical and drug information into easily digestible language. Effect on memory: Benzodiazepines are known to affect ...