Lonni Sue Johnson’s amnesia is revealing important connections between memory, personality, and consciousness.

Our personalities are strongly formed by memories. Among the most significant may be those whose details have faded.

Growing older often comes with the expectation of memory loss. By age 80, the average person recalls far fewer words on standard memory tests than they did in middle age. Scientists long assumed this ...

Imagine you are a security guard in one of those casino heist movies where your ability to recognize an emerging crime will depend on whether you notice a subtle change on one of the many security ...

Researchers found that even a short stretch of eating high-fat meals can disrupt key circuits tied to memory. The good news?

Researchers identify "meal memory" neurons in laboratory rats that could explain why forgetting lunch leads to overeating. Scientists have discovered a specific group of brain cells that create ...

New research shows that the brain’s ability to detect subtle visual changes—like spotting an anomaly on a security ...

Researchers have discovered “meal memory” neurons in laboratory rats that may explain why forgetting lunch can lead to overeating. Scientists have identified a unique population of brain cells ...

Scientists have discovered a specific group of brain cells that create memories of meals, encoding not just what food was eaten but when it was eaten. The findings, published in Nature Communications, ...