A superior visual memory is the best friend of artists and competitive card memorizers. But to people who've lived through traumatic events, it might be the enemy. Researchers in Switzerland and ...

Dementia is the name for a group of symptoms associated with an ongoing decline of brain functioning. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia in the UK. Memory lapses can signal the ...

A subtle alteration in one specific gene may play a crucial role in determining the power of a person's memory. On average, people with a particular version of the gene performed worse in memory tests ...

While research has identified hundreds of genes required for normal memory formation, genes that suppress memory are of special interest because they offer insights into how the brain prioritizes and ...

A SCREENING programme for Alzheimer's disease has moved a step closer after the identification of more than a hundred key 'memory' genes. It means drugs being developed to combat the devastating ...