Research increasingly suggests that smell could play a role in memory retention—and you may be able to leverage the sense to ...

Students who test themselves on new material remember about 50% more than students who just re-read their notes. That's the core finding from decades of retrieval practice research - and it runs ...

Helping other people has always been framed as a moral choice, but a growing body of research suggests it might also be one of the most practical ways to keep the brain sharp with age. Instead of an ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

Loneliness may quietly affect how well older adults remember things—but it might not be speeding up mental decline after all. A large European study tracking over 10,000 people for seven years found ...