So-called “offline states”—when a person isn’t thinking about much and their attention is free to wander —give the brain an ...

According to sleep memory theory, dreaming sleep is essential for consolidation of memory. Daydreaming, when we're awake and ...

You're in the kitchen, baking a cake, and the recipe calls for two cups of sugar. By the time you choose between the brown ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Researchers at the Tsukuba University in Japan report that memories acquired while awake are stored in a more permanent form (called memory consolidation) during the REM stage of sleep, ...

A study published in March in the journal Nature shows that, at least in flies, sugar plays a very important role in memory.

Memory is not a recording device. It doesn't play back events like a video camera would. Instead, it's a remarkably active, creative process that reconstructs the past each time we reach for it.

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

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 ...

A study conducted by a team from the University of Houston proved that remembering things in the short-term depends on your ...