British researchers also found the earworms people experience reflect the reasons why those people listen to music. So if ...

My words, thoughts, and ideas are now submerged deep in a vat of midnight dark molasses and some days I can no longer ...

From the moment we are born, our brains are bombarded by an immense amount of information about ourselves and the world around us. So, how do we hold on to everything we've learned and experienced?

Ashley Wong, PharmD, is an experienced pharmacist and medical writer who translates medical and drug information into easily digestible language. Effect on memory: Benzodiazepines are known to affect ...

Early research ties word-finding difficulty (WFD) to the same neural highways that falter in Alzheimer’s disease.

Choose a keyword that reminds you of the foreign word. Visualize that keyword and link it to the meaning of the word you want to learn. This mental connection helps trigger the recall of the correct ...

If you have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), forgetfulness is probably something you’ve dealt with your whole life. But maybe your memory problems are starting to feel different.

Your implicit memory helps you remember how to do things without consciously thinking about it. It includes skills and habits, like how to ride a bike and how to get around your house. It also ...

Puzzle fans are hooked on Connections, the latest word game from the New York Times that launched in June 2023, following the success of Wordle. The premise of the Connections game is deceivingly ...

Penny Pexman receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Emiko Muraki does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

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 ...