Resembling a seahorse, as its name implies from the Greek words "hippos" (horse) and "kampus" (sea monster), the hippocampus is a brain region crucial for memory formation. But until recently, ...

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.

A new study suggest that brief exercise, such as 20 minutes of moderate cycling, can boost brain activity, which may help to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Processing speed predicted delayed recall for verbal memory and overall memory performance. People with an ...

Currently, the first-choice treatment for PTSD is exposure-based psychotherapy, where therapists help rewire the emotions associated with the traumatic memory in the patient's brain, shifting from ...

New research from the University of Mississippi suggests that telling stories—from ancient campfire tales to modern-day ...

A night spent dreaming can help you forget the mundane and better process the extreme, according to a new University of California, Irvine study. Novel work by researchers in the UC Irvine Sleep and ...