Findings from genetically diverse mice challenge long-held assumptions about how the brain is able to briefly hold onto important information. Working memory: it's how you make a mental shopping list ...

In a new co-authored book, Professor and Chair of Psychology and Neuroscience Elizabeth A. Kensinger points out some surprising facts about how memories work Explaining the science behind memory and ...

Long-term memory is information encoded in the brain on the time-scale of years. It consists of explicit (declarative) memories that are consciously reportable and depend heavily on the medial ...