In a step toward practical molecular data storage, scientists at the University of Texas at Austin have created a new way to ...

More broadly, a major function of memory in humans and other animals is to help ensure that our behavior fits the present situation and that we can adjust it based on experience. What is encoding?

“Maintaining a 7–9-hour overnight sleep daily with all sleep phases naturally present would have benefits for memory encoding ...

The authors show this reactivation is necessary for fortifying the encoding of the memory. “It is a very cool paper,” writes neuroscientist Sheena Josselyn of the University of Toronto in an email to ...

Their findings, published in Nature Neuroscience, suggest that the spontaneous reactivation of specific stimuli in the brain during the brief intervals between their encoding predicts the accuracy ...

Aiming to address age-related cognitive decline, a growing global health challenge, a team of researchers has developed a VR-based smell-training system to help combat it. This innovative VR game ...

One promising strategy to counter cognitive decline is through olfactory stimulation—engaging the sense of smell. Smell signals travel directly to brain regions involved in memory and emotion.

Recent rodent studies monitoring brain activity have also shown that engrams – patterns of cells that store memories – form ...