A finger-length fish has reignited a long-running debate about self-awareness, cognition and how much we’ve underestimated ...

There's a line of thought that equates intelligence with “pattern recognition.” How do you stack up on this unique cognitive ...

Certain bitter plant compounds — the kind found naturally in cocoa, apples, berries and red wine — may temporarily boost memory by activating the brain's internal "alarm system," a new study suggests.

A simple EEG scan can reveal hidden memory problems in just three minutes, giving doctors a powerful new tool to detect dementia earlier and more accurately. Study: A passive and objective measure of ...

The secret to a better memory might be tied to your emotions. This is according to a study done by the Hangzhou Normal University in China that was published in the Journal of Neuroscience. The study ...

Background: Color vision and memory are potential markers of Alzheimer’s disease (AD); however, information regarding their changes in early AD remains limited. Objective: The aim of this study was to ...

Last October, Meta dipped its toe into the world of facial recognition with an international test of two new tools: one to stop scams based on likenesses of famous people, and a second feature to help ...

Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...

Rosy Southwell is a postdoc research scientist at CU Boulder who holds a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from University College London, UK and an MS in Natural Sciences from University of Cambridge, UK ...

This important study offers insights into the function and connectivity patterns of a relatively unknown afferent input from the endopiriform to the CA1 subfield of the ventral hippocampus, suggesting ...

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In previous posts on this page and elsewhere (e.g., Sharps, 2022, 2024), we have seen that eyewitness memories of crimes and suspects can be altered after the fact as time goes by and as witnesses ...