memory

Researchers have launched a public survey to help them unlock the secrets of vivid memory, and find ways to help us better recall past experiences

By tying together more than a century of memory research at Cambridge, the Memory Lab gives us tangible ways to improve, preserve and understand our...

Cambridge scientists are today launching a search to find people who have exceptional memory, as they attempt to understand why some people are much...

Mathematical model could help in physical therapy and shed light on learning more generally.

Our ability to selectively forget distracting memories is shared with other mammals, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge. The...

Scientists have identified a key chemical within the ‘memory’ region of the brain that allows us to suppress unwanted thoughts, helping explain why...

A brain network previously associated with daydreaming has been found to play an important role in allowing us to perform tasks on autopilot...

Most of us can quote snatches of poetry - but which poems can we recite in their entirety? In a survey of memorised poetry, Lear’s The Owl and the...

A ‘brain training’ game developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge could help improve the memory of patients in the very earliest stages...

Modafinil, a drug used to treat narcolepsy – excessive daytime sleepiness – can improve memory in patients recovering from depression, according to...