A new study has revealed that neural inhibition and balanced neural activity in a specific area of the brain is required for ...

A new study shows that balanced neural inhibition in the hippocampus is crucial for recognition memory, the ability to remember objects we’ve recently encountered.

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 ...

In the fields of American history and American studies, there is a concept called a "usable past.” (The term was coined by literary critic and historian Van Wyck Brooks in the early 20 th century.) ...

Scientists are a step closer to understanding why we remember some things and forget others. Researchers at Rice University in Houston, Texas, conducted a study that found that we tend to remember ...

First and foremost, we breathe in order to absorb oxygen—but this vital rhythm could also have other functions. Over the past ...

Bloom is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto and the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University. His new book is Psych: The Story of the Human Mind ...

There is a large market for brain health supplements (sometimes called nootropics or smart drugs). The market is expected to reach approximately 16 billion dollars by 2030. A major reason people use ...

It's not unusual for siblings to quibble over ownership of something – a cherished toy, a coveted seat in the car, the last ice cream sandwich. As they were growing up in Quebec, Canada, Mercedes ...

Writing about the past is influenced not just by the data but also by the cultural frameworks and cognitive inclinations of ...