Rather than holding information in specific areas of the brain, our memories are represented by the connections between neurons, called synapses. According to a recent study from the Salk Institute in ...

Researchers from Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience have discovered a new pathway to forming long-term memories in the brain. Their work suggests that long-term memory can form ...

Hippocampus is a key brain region involved in forming memories and guiding spatial navigation. It converts short-term ...

The hippocampus is a key brain region involved in memory formation and spatial orientation. It transforms short-term memories ...

Every day, our brain takes countless fleeting experiences — from walks on the beach to presentations at work — and transforms them into long-term memories. How exactly this works remains a mystery, ...

Why we forget things so quickly ...

Scientists have uncovered a stepwise system that guides how the brain sorts and stabilizes lasting memories. By tracking brain activity during virtual reality learning tasks, researchers identified ...