Pulsing electrical currents through the brain for 20 minutes can boost memory for older adults for at least a month, according to a new study. Around 8 percent of people in the US get diagnosed with ...

Anesthesia affects receptors in the brain, which may cause side effects following surgery. However, evidence that anesthesia causes long-term memory loss is inconclusive. Some people may experience ...

A song from childhood can hit you out of nowhere. A smell can carry you back decades. Then again, yesterday’s errands fade overnight. Scientists have long known that short-term memories become lasting ...

Can you remember what you had for breakfast three days ago? How about where you've left your car keys? It can often be difficult to remember basic actions in our day-to-day lives. Usually recalling ...

Memory is an interesting thing. Most of us may wish it was better. We may envy those with “photographic” memory or people who seem to have no trouble recalling phone numbers, matching faces to names, ...

Many people with ADHD wonder if they have a "bad" memory. I think “bad” is an unhelpful way to describe memory and “uneven” would be more accurate. Adults, teens and kids with ADHD often struggle with ...