A large, long-term study found that playing a brain training video game may help protect the brain against dementia for decades. Experts say the findings are the strongest evidence yet that cognitive ...

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A new European cognitive neuroscience study published in this month’s Science Advances reveals that by using the “method of loci," long-term memory can be improved by anyone, not just world champions ...

Working memory refers to the memory you can consciously hold in your mind at any one instant—such as a phone number you just looked up. Most people can only hold about four totally independent items ...

How often do you long for a better memory? Well, this neuroscientist can help you achieve just that. Maybe you're giving a presentation or revising for exams, or maybe you just always forget where you ...

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