Repetitive Practice Crystallizes Brain Memory Pathways, UCLA Study Finds

Medicine & Technology May 16, 2024

Repetitive practice crystallizes brain memory pathways, UCLA study finds. Discover how practice impacts memory now!

Brain Retrieves Irrelevant Information In Older Adults Due To Abundance Of Memories Resulting To Poorer Memory Performance

Feb 13, 2022

A psychological study explains how older adults tend to have problems when retrieving memories.

Working Memory Improvement Possible Thru Traveling Nature of Brain Waves

Feb 01, 2022

New research by scientists at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT measured how waves are traveling in the prefrontal cortex of the brain during working memory to examine further the functional benefits that such a seeming motion may generate.

12-Year-Old Child Prodigy Goes to College and Aims to Become NASA Engineer

Mar 17, 2021

Alena Wicker, a 12-year-old child prodigy, is starting college and aims to work for NASA in four years, driving one of those future space mobiles.

Why Do You Experience Memory Problems When You're Depressed? Here's What Science Says

Feb 11, 2021

Experts say that people diagnosed with depression may suffer from memory problems because of changes in the brain's structure and function.

Children Who Play Video Games Are Better at Working Memory Tasks, Says Study

Sep 23, 2020

A new study reveals how video games can influence cognitive changes even after years of not playing them.

Adolescent Working Memory Slow Growth May Be Causing Teen Vehicular Accidents

Sep 16, 2019

Poor driving skills have been linked to many accidents involving adolescent drivers, but new study shows that the slow working memory of adolescents may be causing these accidents to happen.