Selecting an appropriate location is key to creating an effective memory path. Choose a place that is easily accessible and ...

Combining virtual reality and non-invasive deep-brain electrical stimulation, researchers have improved healthy individuals’ spatial memory – the kind that helps you remember where you left the car ...

Lost your keys? Misplaced your glasses? Can’t remember where you parked the car? You may wish you had the memory of a mountain chickadee. In warmer months, these half-ounce birds, with brains slightly ...

It’s lunchtime, and you and your friend are hungry. You venture into the kitchen and make your favorite sandwich—peanut butter and jelly. You assume your friend can make the same thing, but they have ...

Usually, forgetting where you put your coffee cup down doesn’t have a major impact on the rest of your life – you can easily retrieve another cup of coffee (and find the other one later, in a cabinet ...

EPFL researchers have combined virtual reality, non-invasive brain stimulation and advanced brain imaging techniques to improve spatial navigation in healthy participants. The study is a first step in ...

A new study shows that visual memory, not just scent cues, are used to hunt down treats. By Laura Baisas Published Sep 13, 2023 2:00 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, ...

Despite your best efforts to hide away your dog's favorite treats, it may still figure out where you put them. Both dogs and wolves are capable of finding food hidden by a human if they watched them ...

To keep his brain healthy and memory sharp, Baibing Chen avoids a few things. He is a neurologist and epileptologist ...