During the 2025 APS Global Summit, the APS Student Caucus organized a roundtable session to bring together scholars with ...

In a new co-authored book, Professor and Chair of Psychology and Neuroscience Elizabeth A. Kensinger points out some surprising facts about how memories work Explaining the science behind memory and ...

Learning and memory refers to the processes of acquiring, retaining and retrieving information in the central nervous system. It consists of forming stable long-term memories that include declarative ...

Nootropic beverages include coffee, green tea, and fermented drinks like kombucha and kefir. They may support focus or brain health, but firm evidence is limited. Coffee’s caffeine may improve ...

The epigenetic memory of a cell defines the set of modifications to the cell's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that do not alter the DNA sequence, and have been inherited from the cell from which it ...

As time passes, the visual information that illustrates our memories fades away, Boston College researchers report Like old photographs, memories fade in quality over time – a surprising finding for a ...