Among the many types of information your memory system uses to decide what to remember, new research suggests social ...

Influential models of visual working memory treat each item to be stored as an independent unit and assume that there are no interactions between items. However, real-world displays have structure ...

Compelling new research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is suggesting neuronal activity in the hippocampus prior to the delivery of new information can ...

Cognitive science identifies six habits to boost memory: forming connections using mnemonics, per Journal of Experimental Psychology; spacing study with retrieval practice, backed by Psychological ...