As a researcher investigating how electric brain stimulation can improve people's powers of recollection, I'm often asked how ...

Could people’s eyes and ears help fix the damage Alzheimer’s disease does to the brain? Just by looking at flashing light and listening to flickering sound? A new study led by a prominent MIT ...

An intriguing aspect of the early memories is that remembrances seem to emerge into consciousness in silence. Recalling an early recollection can be like watching an old silent movie. While this may ...

Lots of us have experienced things in our lives that we’d like to forget. Our next guest is working to make that happen — ...

The creation of this article included the use of AI and was edited by human content creators. Read more on our AI policy here. Sound has a peculiar power over memory. A few seconds of audio can ...