In a new study published in Neuron titled, “Working memory readout varies with frontal theta rhythms,” researchers from the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at Massachusetts Institute of ...

Your brain is arguably your most valuable asset, but many everyday habits could be secretly undermining its ability to ...

An international research team led jointly by the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), the University of Göttingen and ...

This public domain/Wikimedia Commons image of monitors working in the security operations center at the University of Maryland illustrates a challenge of visual working memory: keeping track of what ...

Imagine you are a security guard in one of those casino heist movies where your ability to recognize an emerging crime will depend on whether you notice a subtle change on one of the many security ...

Working memory is a cognitive function that is essential for carrying out everyday activities and temporarily retaining information. This process enables us to understand information, learn and manage ...

Learning a musical instrument later in life may help keep the brain younger for longer. In a four-year study, older adults ...

Dr Joseph Jebelli is familiar with the lure of overwork. In his studies to become a neuroscientist, he found himself doing 12 hour days, spending daylight hours in the lab, and evenings and weekends ...

The brain you are reading this with is the same brain that tracked prey across a savanna 100,000 years ago. Same working ...

What if hearing loss and the risk of dementia were more closely linked than you thought? A new study in the Journal of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery found that certain middle-ear ...