Gazing longer at something contributes to memory encoding, study finds

While humans are observing their surroundings, their eyes tend to rapidly shift between different objects, people and details ...
Medical Xpress

Short-term reactivation of brain between encoding of memories enhances recall, study finds

Past neuroscience and psychology studies have shown that after the human brain encodes specific events or information, it can periodically reactivate them to facilitate their retention, via a process ...
Forbes

Short Vs. Long Term Memory: Why You Remember Your Birthday But Not Where You Left Your Keys

Rather than holding information in specific areas of the brain, our memories are represented by the connections between neurons, called synapses. According to a recent study from the Salk Institute in ...
GEN

Parallel Pathway Leaves Long-Term Memory Unscathed Despite Short-Term Disruption in Mice

Using optogenetics techniques, scientists from Max Planck Florida Institute of Neuroscience identified a new pathway for forming long-term memories in the brain. Their findings suggest that long-term ...
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Single-neuron mechanism may bridge gap between working memory and long-term memory

The human working memory (WM) is the cognitive system responsible for the temporary storage and processing of information vital to task completion. In contrast, human long-term memory (LTM) is the ...
Psychology Today

What Makes Memory Retrieval Work—and Not Work?

Sometimes, we search for information in long-term memory and find it—a name, a movie title, or a vivid example to support a general conclusion. Other times, we're unable to recall what we believe we ...
WebMD

What Is Episodic Memory?

Episodic memory is a type of long-term memory. It helps you remember the time, place, and details surrounding a specific event or experience in your life. For example, remembering what you had for ...