If you've ever been the person who remembers everyone's birthday, obscure facts or entire movie scripts after a single watch, you could be tapping into a cognitive superpower — and it's more valuable ...

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Older adults who play digital puzzle games have the same memory abilities as people in their 20s, a new study has shown. The study, from the University of York, also found that adults aged 60 and over ...

People differ significantly in their memory performance. Researchers at the University of Basel have now discovered that certain brain signals are related to these differences. While it is well known ...

Share on Pinterest A new study shows deep brain stimulation applied during the deepest sleep cycle improves the brain’s ability to make memories. Leah Nash/The Washington Post/Getty Images Sleep is ...

We often treat memory like a mental hard drive, assuming that the better we remember details, the better we’re doing in life. We praise people who can ace trivia, recall minute details from decades ...

People differ significantly in their memory performance. Researchers have now discovered that certain brain signals are related to these differences. People differ significantly in their memory ...