Memory is not a recording device. It doesn't play back events like a video camera would. Instead, it's a remarkably active, ...

Neurodegenerative disease profoundly affects structures and pathways responsible for memory, cognition, and higher-order ...

The results include a comparison between two different basis functions for temporal selectivity and how these generate different predictions for the dynamics of neural populations. The conclusions are ...

An international team led by Jaime de Juan-Sanz at the Paris Brain Institute has shown that slightly increasing the metabolic capacity of neurons can enhance long-term memory in both fruit flies and ...

But scientists are now warning that some commonly used drugs may have an unexpected effect on the brain, especially in older adults. A long-term study from the University of California, San Diego, ...